High-speed crash in Bradenton traps three
The Bradenton Police Department is searching for answers after a car hit a parked car and then burst into flames after striking a tree around 2:47 a.m. Thursday.
ABC Action News reported that the black 2007 four-door Saturn was traveling at high speeds near the 2100 block of Martin Luther King Avenue East before it crashed.
Three of the four passengers had been trapped inside, according to police. The driver is being treated in the ICU, while the front seat passenger has life-threatening injuries.
Bradenton PD on scene of vehicle vs renters parked car & some parts of the home. 4 inside of the vehicle all transported. #MalikOnTheStreet pic.twitter.com/thZGfNy6vQ
— Malik Parler (@WFLANightPhotog) December 15, 2016
The department’s traffic homicide investigators are trying to piece together what happened. Anyone with information can contact BPD traffic homicide investigator Ryan Vaughn at 941-932-9318 or Crime Stoppers by calling 866-634-8477 or going online at www.manateecrimestoppers.com.
This story was originally published December 15, 2016 at 7:48 AM with the headline "High-speed crash in Bradenton traps three."