Three people were killed in a fiery crash on Cervantes Street in Pensacola, Florida, early on Saturday, October 24, according to the Pensacola Police Department.
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A vehicle travelling westbound on Cervantes Street hit a barrier at M Street and caught fire, a Pensacola police news release said. Three people were confirmed deceased, according to the department.
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WEAR News 3, the ABC affiliate in Pensacola, reported that Naval Air Station Pensacola confirmed the three people killed were sailors stationed at the base, and that the Pensacola community has been mourning the three service members since the crash early on Saturday.
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Police said the cause of the crash had not been released and the identities of those involved had not been released in the police statement reported by the Pensacola News Journal. No further information was available from police at the time of that release.
Cervantes Street is a main east-west road through Pensacola, and the crash happened near the M Street intersection. The investigation is continuing, and police have not said whether any other vehicle was involved.