LAKE WALES, Fla. (WFLA) — The Polk County Sheriff's Office said a young child and two adults were killed in a crash in Lake Wales Friday night.

The sheriff's office said a Hyundai was traveling north on Scenic Highway near Egg Farm Road at around 11 p.m. and failed to negotiate a curve in the road.

The vehicle went straight through the curve and off the west shoulder, traveling around 20 yards into the surrounding woods. The car hit a tree, rotated and caught fire, the sheriff's office said.

The man driving the car, the woman and the young child became trapped and were killed in the fire, which the sheriff's office said "consumed" the car.

An investigation into the crash is ongoing, and the sheriff's office said more information will be released when the victims have been identified.

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