Two people were killed in a fiery car crash on Sunday, March 2, in Woodridge, Ill., according to the Lisle-Woodridge Fire Department.
Authorities responded to the call about a car fire around 8:45 p.m. after the driver lost control of their Tesla, went off the road, hit multiple trees and crashed into the side of a home in Woodridge (which is approximately 30 miles southwest of Chicago).
While en route, the fire department was alerted that the home was in flames, too. Debris from the crash were strewn across the home’s lawn and the block, per NBC 5.
Upon arrival, authorities found both the car and home in flames. The two people in the car were removed from the vehicle and pronounced dead at the scene. The two victims have not been publicly identified. No one inside the home was injured.
The fires were contained within 20 minutes of the fire department’s arrival. There were “continued cooling efforts on the vehicle,” and first responders did not leave the site until 1 a.m. on Monday, March 3, per the news release.
The cause of the crash remains under investigation.
“Just all of a sudden, I heard a bang from my house and came out, and there was a bunch of damage to the trees. Looks like somebody drove off the curb and into a house,” neighbor Adam Fick said, per WGN 9.
“It’s a shame,” Fick told the Chicago Sun-Times. “I’m praying for the families and hoping they get through this through the hands of God.”
“As soon as I heard a loud bang, I saw the vehicle go right into the house,” John Klecyngier, a neighbor, told Fox 32. “As soon as I saw that, I saw the flames, I heard the screaming. I pulled the video off my cameras and sure enough, it’s the car going at an extremely high rate of speed.”
“I was just sitting in the house with my wife and my son, getting ready to put my son to bed. We heard a couple loud booms,” another neighbor, named Jason, said, per WGN 9. “We first thought it was someone just blowing fireworks in the neighborhood, then we heard another boom probably about 20 seconds later.”
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Representatives for the Lisle-Woodridge Fire Department and the DuPage County Coroner did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for more information on Monday.
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