Victims of the crash

Officials have confirmed that five people were killed in a crash Friday night near Lake Street and I-35W in Minneapolis.

A driver at a high rate of speed t-boned a vehicle at an intersection and fled on foot.

Four adult female victims and one juvenile female victim inside the t-boned vehicle died at the scene, police say. An adult male suspect who is believed to have caused the crash was apprehended a short time later.

The Hennepin County Medical Examiner identified the five victims killed as:

  • Siham Adan Odhowa, 19, of Minneapolis

  • Sahra Liban Gesaade, 20, of Brooklyn Center

  • Sabiriin Mohamoud Ali, 17, of Bloomington

  • Sagal Burhaan Hersi, 19, of Minneapolis

  • Salma Mohamed Abdikadir, 20, of Saint Louis Park

Siham Adan Odhowa, 19, of Minneapolis

Sahra Liban Gesaade, 20, of Brooklyn Center

Sabiriin Mohamoud Ali, 17, of Bloomington

Sagal Burhaan Hersi, 19, of Minneapolis

Salma Mohamed Abdikadir, 20, of Saint Louis Park

“This is an incredibly tragic and horrific scene,” MPD Chief Brian O’Hara said.