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Five men and a woman from Brooklyn Park were killed in a crash near Madison on Friday

Two people from Brooklyn Park are among those killed in a crash outside Madison, Wisconsin, on Friday evening.

On Monday, the Dane County Sheriff's Office released information about the age, gender and origin of the five people killed.

A 48-year-old man and woman from Brooklyn Park were killed along with a 55-year-old man from Belleville, Wisconsin, a 55-year-old woman from Crandon, Wisconsin, and a 54-year-old man from Crandon, Wisconsin.

All five people were driving a Tesla. The sheriff's office said they, along with Verona police, fire and EMS, responded to an accident at 11:12 p.m. The press release states that the vehicle left the road, crashed into a tree and the Tesla burst into flames. The crash occurred in Verona, a city about 10 miles southwest of Madison.

All five people in the vehicle were pronounced dead at the scene.

The sheriff's office said the cause of the crash was not yet determined.