Two people were killed early Sunday after a McLaren traveling at a high rate of speed crashed into a tree, split in two and caught fire in Irvine, authorities said.
The single-vehicle crash was reported around 12:18 a.m. at Culver Drive and Deerfield Avenue, according to the Irvine Police Department.
Officers and Orange County Fire Authority crews responded to the scene, where the vehicle was on fire. After firefighters extinguished the flames, two people were found dead inside the vehicle.
A preliminary investigation found that the 2019 McLaren had been stopped while heading north on Culver Drive at Deerfield Avenue.
When the traffic light turned green, the McLaren traveled northbound at a high rate of speed before the driver lost control, police said.
The vehicle veered to the right, struck a curb and then slammed into a tree. The impact split the McLaren in two before it caught fire, according to police.
The identities of the two people killed were being withheld pending notification of their families.
The Irvine Police Department’s Major Accident Investigation Team is investigating the crash.
Anyone with information was asked to contact Detective David Juarez at
949-724-7047.
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