UPDATE, March 2 | Police identified the victims as 30-year-old Tiera Laster, of Kansas City, Missouri, and 37-year-old Ashli McGough, of Kansas City, Kansas.
KCKPD said video obtained from the scene confirmed the driver of the eastbound vehicle crossed the double yellow line into the westbound lane, striking the vehicle Laster was driving.
In addition to the two fatalities, four others were injured. Police said three were passengers in Laster's vehicle; the fourth was the driver of the striking vehicle, who was the sole occupant.
Those hospitalized remain in serious to critical condition, per KCKPD.
ORIGINAL REPORT | Two people were killed and four others were injured in a crash overnight in Kansas City, Kansas.
Around 12:45 a.m. Sunday, officers responded to Quindaro Boulevard and 10th Street on a two-vehicle crash.
Investigators determined a vehicle traveling west on Quindaro in the westbound lane was struck at 10th by an eastbound vehicle that was also in the westbound lane, per police.
One person died at the scene, and five others were transported to area hospitals.
A second person later succumbed to their injuries.
The other four suffered injuries “ranging from serious to critical,” per police.
The Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department Traffic Division is investigating the crash.
Anyone with information is encouraged to call the TIPS hotline at 816-474-8477.
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