Five people, including two children, are dead after a car veered off a Long Island highway, struck a tree and burst into flames, authorities said Sunday.
A Honda Accord driven by 37-year-old Myriam Labrun, of Brooklyn, was traveling westbound on the Southern State Parkway when it ran off the highway just east of exit 38, New York State Police said. The vehicle struck a tree just before 11 p.m. Saturday before bursting into flames. Officials say three adults and two children in the vehicle died in the crash.
State police did not immediately release any information on the other four victims of the crash.
It wasn't immediately known why the car left the highway, state police said. The cause of the crash is under investigation.
