BATON ROUGE - Two people are dead after a crash at the intersection of Nicholson Drive and South Quad Drive, according to LSU officials.

LSU issued a statement to students saying officers are working a major traffic crash at the intersection and to avoid the area, and officials confirmed two fatalities as a result of the crash.

The two vehicles involved were a motorcycle and car. Sources told WBRZ that the crash happened when a motorcycle was traveling north on Nicholson t-boned a vehicle making a left turn on South Quad. The collision then caused a fire that consumed both vehicles. LSU Police attempted to put out the fire before firefighters extinguished the fire.

Sources also said that both drivers likely died or at least became unconscious immediately.

The Baton Rouge Police Department identified the deceased driver of the motorcycle as 23-year-old Bodhi Linton. The other driver who died was identified as 18-year-old LSU pole vaulter Dillon Reidenauer. 

The LSU Police Department cleared the scene and opened the roadways back for normal use.