Two people died Sunday afternoon after a single-vehicle crash along Queen Mary Highway near The Market Supermarket, the Virgin Islands Police Department reported.
The 911 Emergency Call Center notified the VIPD Traffic Investigation Bureau about the crash at about 12:02 p.m., police said.
When officers arrived, Fire and Emergency Medical Services personnel were preparing to extricate two occupants from the vehicle. Emergency Medical Technicians confirmed that both individuals died at the scene, according to the police report.
Preliminary investigation found that the driver was operating a green 2004 Suzuki Vitara eastbound on Queen Mary Highway at what appeared to be a high rate of speed when the vehicle veered across the westbound lane and struck a mahogany tree on the southern shoulder of the road, the police report stated.
The driver, 83-year-old Carlos Sterling, and passenger, 62-year-old Alexis D. Sterling, were identified by their next of kin, the report stated.
The crash remains under investigation by the VIPD Traffic Investigation Bureau in the St. Croix District.
