UPDATE, July 9 | The driver was identified as 40-year-old L V Harris of Kansas City.
ORIGINAL STORY, July 7 | One person is dead following an early morning crash that happened on U.S. 40 Highway on Wednesday.
According to the Kansas City, Missouri, Police Department, a green Honda Accord was traveling west on U.S. 40 Highway at a high rate of speed.
As the driver approached a roadway curve near the ramp on I-435, the driver went straight off the roadway. The Honda sheared off of two highway signs and hit a larger traffic signal pole.
The Honda split into two pieces and the unidentified driver died at the scene.
