KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) – Two Leavenworth residents are dead, killed in a fiery crash in Kansas City, Kansas.

The names of the victims are now made public, with police on Monday identifying them as 65-year-old Howard Levite and 47-year-old Erica Cortez.

They died early Friday when their speeding vehicle left the roadway, hit a tree stump and caught on fire.

The wreck remains under investigation.