Two teenagers are dead and three others injured after the vehicle they were traveling in sped out of control and slammed into a tree in South Windsor.
Brooke Wormstedt, 15 of East Road, East Windsor and Matthew Masse, 18, of Vernon died as a result of the crash.
Both victims who died were in the back seat of the vehicle.
Sara Ballard, 19 of Windsor, Christine Huppe, 17 of South Windsor and Megan Barnaby, 16 of East Windsor were also in the car at the time of the crash. Ballard has been identified as the driver.
South Windsor police reported to the area near 497 Abbe Road on the border of East Windsor just shortly after 8 p.m. Saturday night.
According to police, the 2003 Ford Explorer was traveling at high speeds which caused the driver to lose control of the vehicle.
Police are still working to piece together exactly what caused this crash, though they do not believe that the weather was a factor.
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