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Driver in Tampa records fiery fatal crash on cell phone

Driver records fiery fatal crash
Posted at 5:13 AM, Feb 10, 2014
and last updated 2014-02-10 05:13:00-05

TAMPA, Fla. (WTXL) - A driver in Tampa noticed an SUV driving on I-295 headed in the wrong direction.

That vehicle was going straight into oncoming traffic.

The driver continues to film the scene, and then catches that SUV slamming into another car.

That car was carrying 4 people:  Jobin Joy Kuriakose, Ankeet Harshad

Patel, Imtiyaz Ilias and Dammie Yesudhas, all University of South Florida Students.

The driver of the SUV was also killed, but Florida Highway Patrol Troopers say he was burned beyond recognition.

Troopers say a toxicology tests are being run to see if the driver of that SUV was under the influence of drugs or alcohol.

This is the link to that horrific cell phone video. There is explicit language in the video.