PORT ALLEN — Three Hammond residents were killed in a Monday morning crash along I-10 eastbound in West Baton Rouge Parish, a Louisiana State Police spokesperson said. 

According to LSP, the crash happened around 4 a.m. when a car drove into the woods and burst into flames after hitting a tree between the Grosse Tete and Lobdell exits in West Baton Rouge Parish. 

Troopers said that the driver, 20-year-old Kelvanisha Stanley, and passengers 19-year-old Kareem Felder and 20-year-old Jacoby Brumfield died in the fire.

LSP is investigating what led to the crash.