DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Police have identified three of four men who died and a woman who was injured in a fiery single-vehicle crash southwest of downtown Des Moines.
Police identified those killed as the car’s driver, Ross Jacob Welsher, 22, and passengers Jordan Van Gundy, 22, and Jacob Lee Van Gundy, 24. all of Des Moines. The woman injured was Rheanne Elise Ames, 22, of West Des Moines, police said.
Authorities are awaiting autopsy results to identify the fourth man killed, police said.
Investigators said the crash happened around 2:30 a.m. Sunday on George Flagg Parkway near Water Works Park. The 2013 Volkswagen Golf caught fire after crashing into a tree, police said.
An officer responding to the crash was able to pull the woman from the wreck. Police said she was in serious condition at a hospital.
Police said excessive speed was a factor in the crash.
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