Authorities initially said six had died but late Thursday night revealed a seventh victim had perished. Emergency crews extinguished the fire and said they were treating the crash as a homicide investigation. A spokesman for the Florida Highway Patrol told The Associated Press in a phone interview that their top priorities were to conduct a thorough investigation and to identify the deceased victims. “There’s going to be families that need to be notified that their loves ones have perished,” said Lieutenant P.V. It’s unclear whether the victims were killed in the wreck or whether they burned in the fire, which would make identification more difficult, he said.

Source: Huffington Post January 04, 2019 02:03 UTC