The two victims, a couple from New Jersey, were travelling either very slowly or almost stopped, according to Florida Highway Patrol, when a 23 year-old man from Boca Raton slammed into their slow moving vehicle. Both vehicles slid almost 100 yards, then burst into flames.

A sheriff deputy from Broward County tried to rescue the victims but the intense flames prevented him from doing so. Witnesses said the scene was horrifying as the flames leaped 20 – 30 feet in the air.