Ormond Beach, FL : One person dead and another person injured in RV crash on U.S. 1, near I-95 early Monday, February 15, 2016

One person is dead and another person injured after an RV crashed in Ormond Beach.

Officials said the vehicle caught fire after crashing into a roadside ditch and hitting a tree on U.S. 1, near I-95, just before 1 a.m. Monday.

Two people were inside the RV at the time. One was killed, and the other suffered serious burns.

Ormond Beach police have not yet identified the victims.

Investigators said the impact was so dramatic, that when the RV slammed into the tree, the RV exploded, sending parts of the RV all over a parking lot.

"A bunch of garbage, a bunch of garbage. I don't see how the other guy got out," said witness Carla Johnson.

Johnson, who works nearby, was at the scene just after the crash and said the RV wasn't recognizable as a vehicle. Parts of the vehicle that were not torn apart in the crash were burnt or melted in the explosion and fire.

Shortly before the explosion, Johnson's friend was able to pull the driver from the RV.

The passenger in the RV was so badly burned that police aren't certain if it's a man or woman, but said they believe the victim is a middle-aged man. The RV had a South Carolina license plate and police said it's possible the two were coming into town for Nascar events. Racing memorabilia was found in the debris.

"They went straight, right into the Diary Queen parking lot, struck a tree and it triggered an explosion within the vehicle," said Officer Keith Walker with the Ormond Beach Police Department.

The driver, who was pulled out of the vehicle, suffered third-degree burns, but witnesses are grateful he was able to make it out.

"Somebody, somebody got saved," Johnson said.

"If the person survives, he survived because they were able to get him out," Walker said.

The survivor was rushed to Halifax Medical Center and was transferred to the burn unit at Shands Hospital.

Police are hoping the tag on the RV leads them to the owner, and then to the identities of the two people inside at the time of the crash.

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1 killed, 1 injured in RV crash