Police are hunting for two men who fled from a car after it crashed into a front garden and set fire, leaving two people dead.
Another person was left seriously injured after the car ploughed into the garden wall of the house on Poppyfields Way in Branton, near Doncaster, on Tuesday.
All five people, believed to be males, had been travelling in the Renault Megane. No one inside the house was injured.
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South Yorkshire Police said they believed the car caught fire after colliding with the house. The two men that fled were thought to be “seriously injured”, a statement from the police force said.
Images posted on social media showed the garden wall was completely destroyed in the crash.
Michael Burton, who lives in the house, said his girlfriend was inside at the time of the crash.
“From what I heard, she actually saw the driver get out of the car, burning alive," he said.
"He ran across the road to the lady across the road to the lady across the road and she did a sterling job to help the guy. If it wasn’t for her, he would have been another fatality.”
Mr Burton’s parents, who own the house, were on holiday at the time of the crash.
The 21-year-old garden centre worker said he believed the car “lost control [at] high speed” but the rookery prevented it from crashing into the house.
“My heart goes out to the families. It’s tragic, such a real shame,” said Mr Burton.
Additional reporting by PA
