One person is dead after a single-car crash Monday morning, Redmond police said.
The driver was speeding towards Lake Sammamish Parkway from North24th Street around 4:30 a.m. when the driver lost control, launching the vehicle over the parkway and crashing into trees and brush below, police said.
Neighbors say the car flew by their homes, and would have landed in the water had it not crashed into a tree first.
According to police, the driver was ejected from the 2003 Mitsubishi Outlander before it burst into flames. The driver was pronounced dead at the scene, and the driver has not been identified.
Firefighters doused the flames before they could spread to nearby areas, and are still working to clear the scene. The car is expected to be removed by barge due to its proximity to the water, Redmond police said.