KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Kansas City police say a driver is dead and a passenger is recovering at a hospital following an early morning single-car crash where the driver launched into a building. KCPD says this happened at Winner and Hardesty in the east part of the city just after 4 a.m. KCPD takes man into custody after woman found dead Investigators say the driver of a BMW 535I car was speeding northbound on Hardesty when they crossed over a double yellow line and continued northbound in the southbound lanes. The driver hit a concrete median and metal traffic pole, continued across Winner and went up a grassy hill before launching across a driveway and into the building. The driver was declared dead at the scene, and the passenger went to a hospital with serious injuries. The latest report is the passenger's condition has stabilized. Police haven't identified the victim yet, and say this is the 93rd victim who has died in a crash this year, compared with 100 at this time in 2023.