5 Children From CT Killed In Fiery Crash: Police

SCARSDALE, NY — Five children from Connecticut died overnight in a fiery crash in New York's Hudson Valley, according to police.

The victims, four boys and a girl, ranged in age from 17 to 8, police said, adding the sole survivor was a 9-year-old boy. NBC Connecticut reports that the five children are from Derby and the family had recently moved there.

The crash happened shortly after midnight Sunday when a Nissan Rogue being driven by a 16-year-old boy veered off the Hutchinson River Parkway north of the Mamaroneck Road exit in Scarsdale, New York, and struck a tree and caught fire, according to the Westchester County Police Department. No other vehicles were found.

The surviving child was riding in the cargo area of the SUV and escaped out the back, police said, adding the boy was taken to Westchester Medical Center with injuries that were not life-threatening.

The crash remains under investigation.