Westchester County crash: 2 women killed, 3 others injured after car crashes into White Plains building and bursts into flames

WHITE PLAINS, Westchester County (WABC) — Two people were killed and two children were injured when a car crashed into an apartment building in Westchester County on Monday morning.

According to investigators, the vehicle appeared to lose control, hit the curb and then a tree, crashing into the front of the building on Battle Avenue in White Plains shortly after 9 a.m.

When rescue workers arrived, both the car and the building were on fire, authorities said.

Apparently the two women were trapped in the Tesla by the fire and had no way to escape.

After they put out the fire and removed the car from the building, the two women were found dead in the car.

They were later identified as 70-year-old Millie Sheehan, who was driving, and her 36-year-old sister-in-law Diana Sheehan – both of Hartsdale, New York.

The injuries of two children in the house were treated on site.

A jogger who was passing by at the time was struck by debris and taken to White Plains Hospital for treatment of minor injuries.

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