NEWPORT NEWS, VA : Single-vehicle crash in the 1200 block of 23rd Street on Sunday, 6th September, 2020

Police say two people are dead following an early Sunday morning crash in Newport News.

Police responded to the single-vehicle crash just before 5 a.m. in the 1200 block of 23rd Street.

When they got there, officers say the vehicle involved struck a tree. The driver, a still-unidentified man, was pronounced dead on the scene.

A female passenger was extricated from the vehicle and taken to a local hospital, but later died from her injuries.

Initial investigations revealed that the vehicle was traveling westbound on 23rd Street at a high rate of speed when it struck the tree.

No further information has been released.

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