DETROIT (WXYZ) — Two people are dead after the car they were driving hit a tree and burst into flames early Tuesday morning.
The accident happened on 8 Mile and Wyoming on Detroit's west side. According to police, it is not clear right now what caused the vehicle to hit the tree.
This is the moment a man ran into a gas station to grab a fire extinguisher to put out a car fire that killed two people on Detroit’s west side. The car slammed into a tree then caught fire @wxyzdetroit pic.twitter.com/KA613DLCVL
— Ali Hoxie (@ali_hoxie) April 9, 2019
A female driver and male passenger in the 2003 Audi All-road SUV were both killed, police say. Witnesses on the scene told Action News Reporter Ali Hoxie a man at the scene saw the fire and went to grab a fire extinguisher from a nearby gas station to save the people inside the car.
SUV being towed after hitting a tree and catching fire on Detroit’s west side. Two people inside the car died. Investigators working to ID them @wxyzdetroit pic.twitter.com/R50VkXzOTF
— Ali Hoxie (@ali_hoxie) April 9, 2019
The witness says she believes she saw an elderly person driving the car. Police are still working to identify the two victims.
Hey @AnnMarieLaFlamm looks like Wyoming at 8 Mile just opened @wxyzdetroit pic.twitter.com/WZGBvREwmP
— Ali Hoxie (@ali_hoxie) April 9, 2019
