SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Police say two people have died after their vehicle crashed into a fuel tank at the Syracuse airport.

Police tell the Post-Standard that the crash happened at about 4:30 a.m. on Malden Road, which runs along the south side of Syracuse Hancock International Airport.

Both people in the vehicle were pronounced dead at the scene.

Their names were not immediately released.

A police spokesperson says the fuel tanks are on airport property.

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