EPPD say high speed crash killed two men, injured seven in the Upper Valley

UPDATE: El Paso Police say two men in their late teens to early 20s died after the Cadillac CTS they were in, along with 7 other passengers crashed early Sunday morning.

Special Traffic Investigators say the driver was speeding along the 500 block of Country Club Road in the Upper Valley when it came upon the round-about and hit a landscape boulder.

The car then hit a traffic sign before veering off the road onto a curb and hitting a tree sending the car back onto the roadway.

There were seven passengers in the back seat, according to police three passengers were sitting on the lap of the three that were seated.

No word yet on where the 7th passenger was at the time.

The driver and front passenger both died at the scene.

Police say the seven passengers were from Mexico, one was from Ciudad Juarez specifically.

The range from 18 to 61 years of age.

The driver and front passenger have not yet been identified.

EL PASO, Texas (KIVA) -- 2 people are dead and multiple others are seriously injured after a car crash in the Upper Valley.

The crash happened at 2:48 this morning at the intersection of Country Club rd. and Memory Ln., near the roundabout. 

According preliminary emergency reports, 2 people were killed on scene, and 3 more were transported to a level one trauma center with serious injuries. 

Police have confirmed 7 people in total were injured, and added special traffic investigators are on scene of the crash.

ABC-7 is actively working to confirm how many people total were inside the car, as well as learning additional information from police and fire about what led up to the crash. 

We'll be sure to keep you updated both on-air and online at KVIA.com as soon as we learn more information.