BATTLE CREEK (WKZO) -- Two people were killed and a third person critically injured in a single vehicle crash in Battle Creek around 2 a.m. Thursday.

Police say they were westbound and possibly speeding on Upton Avenue when, for some reason, the driver lost control and the vehicle struck a tree at Caroline Street.  The fatal victims were pronounced dead at the scene and the injured person airlifted to a Kalamazoo emergency room for treatment.

No names have been released.