UPDATE: Lansing Police have identified the two people killed as 35-year-old Anthony Bernard Walton, and 39-year-old Nicklos Latony Smith. Both were Lansing residents. A third man remains in critical condition.
Lansing Police are investigating a car crash that killed a driver and one of his passengers early Saturday morning.
The crash happened just after 2 a.m. in the 400 block of Clemens Ave. Police tell FOX 47 News the driver lost control and went off the road hitting multiple trees. The 35-year-old driver was pronounced dead at the scene.
First responders had to extricate the two passengers pinned inside. Both were taken to a local hospital. A 39-year-old passenger died at the hospital. The other man, 33, is in critical condition.
Police believe speed may have been a factor in the crash, but the cause is still under investigation.
