Boston Bombing Survivor's Crash Death Linked to Alcohol

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The driver of a Ferrari which crashed killing Boston Marathon bombing survivorVictoria McGrath and her college roommate in Dubai had been drinking before the incident, an official said.

The yellow Ferrari 458 Spider mounted a curb, split in two and then "lit on fire" earl Sunday, Dubai's chief traffic prosecutor Salah Bu Farousha Al Falasi told NBC News.

The scene of the crash that killed Victoria McGrath, Priscilla Perez Torres, Cody Nixon and James Michael in Dubai on Sunday.

The car's four occupants were thrown from the two-seater vehicle during the crash, he added.

"All were drinking alcohol," Al Falasi told NBC News on Wednesday, adding that while police could not confirm the 562-horsepower Ferrari's exact speed "they were driving fast."

The victims likely died from the impact and not the subsequent blaze, he said.

Earlier, one witness said that the vehicle had slammed into a pole.

"There was a big ball of fire," the witness, who asked not to be identified, said Tuesday. "I saw Victoria and the other girl."

The dead men were Cody Nixon and James Michael, who was driving the car, according to Al Falasi.