‘Absolute tragedy': Four dead in local crash
It happened around 12:40 a.m. Wednesday along W. 106th Street between Western and Madison avenues.
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Cleveland EMS said that four people, two males and two females, were confirmed dead at the scene. All of the victims were believed to be in their 20s, but later, Cleveland Chief of Police Dorothy Todd said the victims may be teenagers. Their names and exact ages were not immediately available.
Cleveland police said the vehicle, a Hyundai Sonata, was stolen.
According to Todd, the vehicle was reported stolen on February 27 from a home on Wichita Drive. She said the owner of the vehicle last saw it on the street in front of his home.
It is unclear what caused the car to crash into a tree. Officials said the crash was not the result of a police chase.
FOX 8 pictures and video from the scene show the car split into pieces and shattered when it slammed into the tree. The car was taken away in pieces on two different tow trucks, and chunks of the tree are missing.
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FOX 8's Stacey Frey spoke with a neighbor, who said they heard a car racing down the street and then the violent crash.
The Cleveland Division of Police Accident Investigation Unit was on the scene. So far, they report, the vehicle was traveling northbound at what 'appears to be excessive speed' when it lost control and went off the roadway, slightly colliding with a tree and eventually crashing into another tree.
Police said that three of the occupants were thrown from the car. The driver was not. All four were pronounced dead at the scene.
No other vehicles or homes on the street were hit.
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'This is an absolute tragedy to have 4 young people killed in this type of tragic accident,' Todd said during a press conference Wednesday.
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