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Police: 2 Dead, Another Injured After Vehicle Hits Parked Cars, Overturns Onto Building

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PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- Police say a man and woman were killed after a vehicle traveling at a high rate of speed hit two parked vehicles and overturned onto a building in the Lawncrest section of Philadelphia.

The accident happened on the 6400 block of Oxford Avenue shortly before 4 p.m. on Thursday.

Police say a vehicle hit two parked cars, a tree and a building. The woman was pronounced dead at the scene while the man was transported to Albert Einstein Medical Center in extremely critical condition and later died.

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A car overturns onto a building in the Lawncrest section of Philadelphia. (credit: CBS3)

Police are investigating the cause of the crash.

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