Early Monday morning, a devastating crash in Wilmington, Los Angeles claimed the lives of two individuals when their vehicle was consumed by fire. At around 2:13 a.m. on the 1300 block of North Alameda Street, near East O Street, where the car was discovered fully ablaze, according to officials. Firefighters quickly responded to the scene and extinguished the flames, only to find two deceased occupants inside the wreckage.
As per FOX LA, the identities of the driver and passenger, who were pronounced dead at the scene, had not been revealed. It was yet to be confirmed whether they wore seat belts when the crash unfolded. The area was cordoned off as investigations continued, while onlookers were left to merely speculate about the circumstances leading up to the tragic collision.
The LAFD also confirmed the fatalities in a brief statement released on their official website, articulation the details of the incident. "Sadly, they found two occupants deceased inside the vehicle," said Nicholas Prange of the LAFD in the announcement. Age and gender were indiscernible, shrouded by the ferocity of the fire that engulfed the car shortly after the collision occurred.
The LAPD has opened an investigation, under Incident #0426, to unravel how the vehicle came to be quickly consumed by flames, and to determine whether any additional factors contributed to the deadly outcome.
