By Artemis Coughlan
TRENTON — One person was killed and three others seriously injured in a fiery crash that happened early this morning on East State Street.

Trenton police investigating the 12:13 a.m. crash between Monmouth and Wall streets learned that the driver, Lorenzio Miller-Santos, 19, was driving the rented 2010 Nissan Sentra at high speed as the car got to a slight bend in the road at the railroad bridge. He lost control and slammed head-on into the concrete and steel median.

As Trenton police officers Vito Renna and Justin Brugnoli and passerby good Samaritan Derrick Phillips, 17, worked frantically to get the four occupants out of the car, it burst into flames.

The Trenton Fire Department quickly extinguished the flames and the trapped people were extricated.

The front-seat passenger, Jonathan A. Brown, 21, of Ewing, was pronounced dead at the scene.

The left rear passenger, Lester Jackson, 31, of Trenton, sustained severe head and chest injuries.

He was taken to Capital Health Regional Medical Center and then flown to Cooper Medical Center in Camden where he is listed in extremely critical condition.

The right rear passenger, a 16-year-old juvenile from Trenton, received multiple traumatic injuries and was admitted to the center in critical condition.

Miller-Santos suffered a lacerated liver and other internal injuries as was admitted to the center in guarded condition.

Police suspect that alcohol was a major factor in the accident, Medina said.

Miller-Santos was charged with vehicular homicide, assault by auto, and other motor vehicle violations.

Fatal Crash Reconstructionist Investigators — Trenton Police Criminal Investigation Detective Rick Rivera and Detective Don Santora of the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office — responded to the scene.

This is an ongoing investigation, and the Trenton Criminal Investigation Bureau requests that anyone with information about the accident to call Detective Rivera at (609) 989-4161 or the Trenton Police Confidential Tip Line at (609) 989-3663.