Two Las Vegas residents were killed in a crash that caused their vehicle to burst into flames early Sunday morning.

According to the Las Vegas Metro Police Department, the accident took place at the intersection of Town Center Drive and Flamingo Road at 12:30 a.m.

A  67-year-old driver and his 57-year-old passenger were traveling southbound on Town Center Drive when they were struck by a Subaru Impreza traveling east down Flamingo Road that failed to stop at a stop sign.

The car driven by the elderly man, a Hyundai Sonata, caught fire as a result of the collision with the small Japanese sedan.

Both the driver and passenger of the Korean vehicle were killed in the accident. The driver of the Subaru suffered minor injuries and was taken to UMC Medical Center for treatment.

Police are looking into what caused the Subaru to disregard the stop sign and slam into the oncoming vehicle. In a city that is marred in a losing battle with fatal accidents as a result of distracted driving, incidents like this are all too common.

Pending an investigation, the Subaru driver could face serious jail time for the deaths caused. The identities of those killed in the crash have not been released, the county coroner’s office is first notifying their families.

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