Victim in fiery crash arrested hours before for DUI

Ryan Savage, 30, and his sister Erika Savage, 24, grew up together and were both killed when the Lincoln Navigator crashed about 3:15 a.m.

Just hours before the crash, police in Des Moines had arrested Erika for allegedly driving under the influence and say she was too drunk to even blow into a breathalyzer.

The arrest came just after midnight, and police had to send her to a hospital for blood to be drawn.

Her brother and their friend picked her up and were on the way home when the SUV hit two trees and a power pole before crashing into a building near the intersection of 8th and 192nd.

Stacy Michels lives nearby and ran to the crashed SUV, but said the flames were too intense to get near the vehicle.

"It was already out of control," he said. "There was nothing I could do."

Firefighters extinguished the flames, but the three people inside were already dead.

The vehicle was so heavily damaged that it took authorities hours to even identify the type or SUV.

"Between the damage to the vehicle from the impact, and the damage from the fire... it's been a difficult scene to work," said SeaTac Police Chief Jim Graddon.

Investigators said there was no sign of alcohol at the scene, and it's still not clear which person was driving at the time of the crash.

The name of the third person killed in the crash has not been released.