Witnesses tell police a car just before 3 a.m. was driving north on Arctic Boulevard at a high rate of speed when it crashed into a sport utility vehicle turning east onto Benson Boulevard.
The car sheared off a power company switchbox, came to rest in a parking lot and burst into flames.
Passers-by pulled out a woman passenger with serious injuries.
The man driving was pinned inside and suffered severe burns to his face and chest. He was flown to a Seattle hospital in critical condition.
The female driver of the SUV suffered chest injuries.
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