DORAL, Fla. — Grieving relatives in tears said two teenagers died after a Kia sedan crashed on Tuesday night in Doral.

Dozens of Downtown Doral Charter Upper School students said they were mourning their classmates: A teenage girl and a teenage boy.

Miami-Dade firefighters and Doral police officers responded to the crash at about 6 p.m., along Northwest 87th Avenue, near 54th Street.

2 dead after driver crashes Kia into pole in Doral

Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office Detective Argemis “AC” Colome released a statement.

“A sedan was traveling southbound on NW 87 Avenue when it veered off the roadway and struck a pole,” Colome wrote. “The vehicle subsequently became engulfed in flames.”

Miami-Dade Fire Rescue personnel pronounced the two dead at the scene, according to M-DSO deputies and Doral police officers.

M-DSO traffic homicide detectives were investigating the cause of the fatal crash.

Local 10 News Assignment Editor Carson Merlo contributed to this report.

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