The 31-year-old Burlington man driving the Dodge Neon and the 27-year-old Versailles man, who was a front-seat passenger, were dead at the scene of the crash, which occurred about 3 a.m. at the intersection of Limaburg Road and Production Drive in Burlington, the Boone County Sheriff's Department deputies said. Two rear-seat passengers were injured.
Sheriff's department spokesman Deputy Tom Scheben said the car was southbound on Limaburg Road when the driver - who has not been identified - apparently lost control of the car, which flipped and slammed into a utility pole at Production Drive. Scheben said investigators are still trying to determine how fast the car was traveling before it crashed and ejected all the passengers.
"The driver was trapped and the front passenger was ejected through the sun roof," Scheben said of the two men killed in the crash.
"It was the (accident investigator's) opinion that excessive speed and alcohol were contributing factors."
Scheben said a rear-seat passenger, Anastacio Hernandez Flores, 39, of Houston, Texas, suffered head injuries and was taken to University Hospital in Cincinnati. The other rear-seat passenger, Shawna Chadwell, 26, of Burlington, was also taken to University. Their conditions were not known this morning.
The identities of the two dead men were withheld pending notification of their families. The crash remains under investigation.
The driver, a 31 year old man from Burlington, was trapped in the car and pronounced dead at the scene. The front passenger, a 29 year old man from Versailles, Indiana was ejected through the sunroof and pronounced dead at the scene. Both rear passengers were ejected from the car also. Shawna Chadwell, 26 of Burlington, Kentucky and Anastacio Hernandez Flores, 39 of Houston, Texas were transported. Chadwell was driven with non life-threatening injuries and Flores was flown with life-threatening injuries.
Investigators are of the opinion that excessive speed and alcohol were contributing factors to the accident.
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