Rockford, IL : Three people dead in northeast Illinois car accident early Sunday morning, March 6, 2016

Authorities in northeast Illinois say three people are dead after an early morning vehicle crash.

Winnebago County Sheriff’s spokesman Ken DeCoster tells The Rockford Register Star the crash occurred around 2:30 a.m. on Sunday. DeCoster says there were four people in the vehicle when it crashed. He says the vehicle left the road, hit a guard rail and bridge abutment and caught fire.

The driver and front seat passenger were trapped in the wreckage. It’s unclear if they died from trauma injuries or the fire. A male passenger was ejected from the vehicle and later died at a hospital.

A fourth man was able to crawl out of the vehicle. DeCoster says he suffered injuries that weren’t believed to be life-threatening.

Authorities are investigating the cause of the crash.

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Authorities: 3 dead in northeast Illinois car accident