A late-night crash in downtown Minneapolis left the driver dead and a passenger critically injured, officials said.
The single-vehicle wreck occurred about 2:25 a.m. Monday near the Minneapolis Convention Center, at S. 12th Street and 3rd Avenue, police said.
Officers at the scene determined the vehicle had struck a traffic pole, police said. The driver, a woman, was dead at the scene. As of Monday, officials had yet to disclose her approximate age or identity.
A female passenger in her 30s was taken by emergency responders to HCMC with life-threatening injuries, according to a statement from police.
Police believed that speed was a possible factor when the vehicle hit the pole on the intersection's southwest corner.
