DORAL, FLA. (WSVN) – A teenage couple was killed in a fiery traffic crash at an intersection in Doral.<\/p>\n
According to the Miami-Dade Sheriff\u2019s Office, Doral Police officers responded to the scene of the wreck in the area of Northwest 87th Avenue and 54th Street, just after 6 p.m. on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Preliminary information from detectives shows a sedan was traveling southbound on Northwest 87th Avenue when it veered off the roadway and struck a pole.<\/p>\n
The vehicle subsequently became engulfed in flames.<\/p>\n
Miami-Dade Fire Rescue units responded to the scene, extinguished the fire and pronounced the two occupants inside the vehicle dead.<\/p>\n
Those who knew the victims said they were boyfriend and girlfriend, both of them students at Downtown Doral Charter Upper School, and they were heading to a basketball game at the time of the crash, which took place less than a mile from the school.<\/p>\n
7News cameras captured several students at the scene forming a large circle with interlocked arms, embraced and shed tears as they mourned the victims.<\/p>\n
Cameras also showed the charred vehicle on a flatbed truck before it was towed away.<\/p>\n
Detectives have not released the victims\u2019 identities or ages, but their friends identified the male victim as Mateo D\u00e1vila. They posted a tribute to him on Instagram on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n
Family members identified the teenage girl as Alessia Tucci.<\/p>\n
MDSO\u2019s Traffic Homicide Unit has taken over the ongoing investigation.<\/p>\n
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