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One dead after a vehicle crashed and caught fire in Killeen

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KILLEEN, Texas (KXXV) — Killeen police officers responded to the 4800 block of E. Rancier Avenue on Thursday afternoon. They found the vehicle off the roadway and on fire.

Police say the SUV was traveling at a high speed when it left the roadway, entered a drainage culvert, and went airborne. The vehicle struck the ground near a tree line, continued forward, ran over several trees, and became airborne a second time.

Despite efforts by KFD paramedics, the driver was pronounced deceased at the scene by Justice of the Peace Gregory Johnson.

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