A fatal accident was reported at 1:40 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 19, near 18th and Merriam Lane, according to a spokesman for the Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department.
A vehicle was southbound on 18th Street when it took the ramp to Merriam Lane, according to the report.
At the bottom of the ramp the vehicle continued across Merriam and off the roadway, where it wrecked, according to the report.
The passenger in the vehicle, a female in her late 40s, was dead at the scene, according to police. The driver was taken to a hospital with minor injuries, police stated.
The accident is under investigation by the Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department’s fatality accident team, according to the spokesman.