TOWN OF DUNN, WI (WTAQ) - Three people were killed overnight after a car slammed into a pair of trees.

It happened around 2:30 a.m. Friday on Highway 51 south of Madison in the Dane County town of Dunn near Lake Kegonsa.

According to sheriff’s deputies, the car was going south when it veered into the right ditch, crossed into the left ditch, and went down an embankment before it hit the trees.

Two men were ejected, and a woman was trapped in the back seat. All three died at the scene. They were the only ones in the vehicle.

Highway 51 was closed until around 6:20 a.m.