{"id":280930,"date":"2026-09-07T16:16:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-07T16:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/280930\/"},"modified":"2026-09-07T16:16:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T16:16:09","slug":"two-women-killed-in-fiery-suv-crash-in-downingtown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/280930\/","title":{"rendered":"Two women killed in fiery SUV crash in Downingtown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1788797769_644_default-image.png\" alt=\"Livestream\" class=\"livestream-poster-image\" data-v-b05d485a=\"\"\/>       <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">PHILADELPHIA &#8211; Two women were killed after the Jeep they were in crashed into a concrete wall and burst into flames in Downingtown Borough on Sunday, according to Downingtown police.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WTXF\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Downingtown Police said officers were called to the Unit Block of East Lancaster Avenue at 12:06 p.m. for a reported crash with injuries.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">A Silver Jeep Grand Cherokee was headed east before veering off the roadway on the westbound side, hitting a concrete retention wall and catching fire just after impact, according to police.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">The driver died at the scene, police said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Officers and a bystander pulled the front-seat passenger from the burning vehicle. Emergency medical crews took the passenger to a local hospital, where she died from her injuries, according to officials.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Police said both the driver and the front-seat passenger were adult females. Their names have not been released.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">East Lancaster Avenue was closed for the investigation until about 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 6, officials said.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WTXF\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">What&#8217;s next:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">The Downingtown Police Department Traffic Safety Unit and the Chester County Coroner&#8217;s Office are leading the investigation, according to officials.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Authorities are asking anyone who witnessed the crash or who has information to contact Downingtown Police at traffic@downingtown.org or 610-269-0263.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WTXF\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">What we don&#8217;t know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Police have not said what caused the Jeep to leave the road. No additional details about the crash or the victims have been released.<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: Information from the Downingtown Police Department.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Downingtown Police Department<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">[image placeholder]<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox29.com\/tag\/us\/pa\/chester-county\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chester County<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PHILADELPHIA &#8211; Two women were killed after the Jeep they were in crashed into a concrete wall and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":280931,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[1557,139,539,69,71,70,593],"class_list":["post-280930","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-chester-county","tag-news","tag-pa","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-headlines","tag-philadelphia-news","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280930","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=280930"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280930\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/280931"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=280930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=280930"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=280930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}