KANSAS CITY, Mo. — One person suffered life-threatening injuries in a crash on U.S. 71 Highway early Friday morning.
Police said central patrol officers saw a stolen car near 31st Street and U.S. 71 just after 1:30 a.m.
Officers were getting behind it to check the occupants when it took off into the southbound lanes of the highway at a high rate of speed.
Police said the driver lost control on the curve near East 51st Street, where it hit the median, a light pole and then overturned.
The driver was ejected and was seriously injured.
The passenger ran from the scene, but was caught and taken to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
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