MINNEAPOLIS — Authorities are investigating a crash Sunday night in the Lowry Tunnel in Minneapolis that claimed the lives of two people.
According to the Minnesota State Patrol, the fatal crash occurred on westbound Interstate 94. A report posted on the patrol's website says a BMW with three people inside was entering the tunnel when it struck the freeway barrier wall at a high rate of speed, rupturing the fuel tank. The car burst into flames, and came to a rest inside the tunnel.
Police said two people in the car were declared dead at the scene, men whose ages were reported by the state patrol as 34 and 31. The third person in the vehicle, a 24-year-old man from Minneapolis, was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries.
Westbound traffic was closed for "an extended period of time" Sunday night into Monday as officials investigated the crash.
The cause of the accident is under investigation.