3 killed and 2 injured after car crash in West County

Three teens died after a fatal car crash in West County, Missouri on Sunday morning.

The crash took place at 4 a.m. on Kiefer Creek Road and Forest Valley Road after a Nissan Maxima veered off the road and struck into a tree.

The car was engulfed.

Three people were killed and two people had life-threatening injuries.

All victims were teenagers. 

Two victims who died and the other two injured were students of Marquette High School.

One of the victims, identified as Cole Anello, is a student at De Smet Jesuit in Creve Coeur.

The schools lamented the deaths of the victims.