UPDATE, Nov. 24, 1:30 p.m. | In an update, Kansas City, Missouri, police said the passenger was pronounced dead Sunday by hospital staff, and the driver remains in critical condition.
ORIGINAL STORY | Two people were pulled from Brush Creek Sunday morning after a single-vehicle crash.
Kansas City, Missouri, Fire Department crews responded around 2 a.m. to Ward Parkway and Brush Creek Parkway.
On arrival, crews found a white, four-door sedan had crashed, ending up in the creek.
Two people were in the car. They were transported to an area hospital with life-threatening injuries.
Kansas City, Missouri, police said the preliminary investigation determined the vehicle was speeding westbound on Ward Parkway from the Plaza when the driver "failed to negotiate the curve transitioning to the southbound lanes."
The vehicle then soared over the guardrail and landed upside down in Brush Creek.
Investigation into the incident remains ongoing.
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