Toddlers, Woman Identified In Fatal Maple Grove Crash

MAPLE GROVE, MN — The Hennepin County Medical Examiner Monday identified the three people who were killed in a single-car crash in Maple Grove Saturday, including two young children.

The two children were hospitalized, while the woman was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash.

• Joshua Vishnu Kendrick, 2, of Minneapolis
• Lily My'Joy Kendrick, 3, of Minneapolis
• Kiara Tashay Jones, 25, of Minneapolis

A fourth person in the car — a 23-year-old man — survived the crash.

Police responded to the scene at Dunkirk Lane and Lawndale Lane just before 7 a.m. Saturday. It's not yet clear what led up to the crash.

Authorities say high speed may have been a factor, reports KARE 11.

"I saw the car was super fast, it just came tumbled down across this side of the street and bonked into the tree," resident Shilpa Kulkarni told FOX 9.

"The way that they crashed into that tree itself, and that something threw out, we knew it was fatal, it was going to be bad for sure."