DES MOINES, Iowa — One person is dead and another is in the hospital after a car crashed into a tree near the intersection of Southeast 30th Street and Scott Avenue early Saturday morning according to the Des Moines Police Department.
Police identified the person killed as 27-year-old Robyn Danyel Murrel. They said the passenger who is in the hospital in serious condition is also a 27-year-old woman.
According to police, it started with a high-speed chase at 3:26 a.m. An officer saw the car driving fast at the 1500 block of Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway and began pursuing it. About a minute later, the officer called off the chase when the car got too far ahead. That's when police said the driver lost control and crashed into a tree.
Local 5 will update this story as more information becomes available.
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