KANSAS CITY, Mo. — One person died after a car overturned and entered Brush Creek in Kansas City, Missouri, on Thursday afternoon.
Fire crews responded around 2:20 p.m. to the area near Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and The Paseo.
Jason Spreitzer, a spokesperson for the KCMO Fire Department, confirmed one victim was pulled from the water.
The driver was in a maroon Dodge Caravan and may have been heading south on The Paseo. While likely attempting a right turn to head west on Martin Luther King Boulevard, the driver lost control on icy roads, according to a KCPD crash report.
After losing control, the driver went down an embankment, over the cement retaining wall and landed upside down. The van later submerged into Brush Creek.
Fire crews extracted the driver, and they were transported to an area hospital. The victim later died from their injuries.
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