2 killed in crash in wooded area in Kent

Two men were killed Wednesday after the car they were traveling in crashed in a wooded area in Kent.

Police said alcohol and speed might have caused the wreck.

A passerby found the men’s car about 7:15 a.m. among trees on the west side of 124th Avenue Southeast, just south of the intersection at Southeast Kent Kangley Road and 124th Avenue Southeast.

When officers arrived the 25-year-old driver from Federal Way was dead. The passenger, a 25-year-old Auburn man, was taken to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, where he died.

Neither man has been identified.

Roads in the area were closed while police investigated the crash.

This story was originally published September 16, 2015 at 7:12 AM with the headline "2 killed in crash in wooded area in Kent."