Michael Bushnell
Northeast News
May 21, 2015

KANSAS CITY, Missouri — One man is dead and another two are clinging to life after the car they occupied struck a tree and rolled over along a narrow Northeast area street.

Police say they responded to the area near Thompson and Askew Avenues at approximately 3 a.m., Thursday morning,  saying the driver of a white BMW picked up two men from a residence on Thompson Avenue. The car then sped down the street toward Askew Avenue where it struck a tree, ejecting one person from the car and trapping the other two. All three were transported to an area hospital.

The BMW, according to police, was stolen from the Omaha area. Police are not sure how the men came by the vehicle or if it’s linked to yesterday’s fatal shooting of an Omaha police officer as she tried to serve a warrant.