<p>EAST CHICAGO, Ind. — A woman who died Sunday after a sport-utility vehicle crashed into a gas pump at a northwest Indiana gas station and caught fire has been identified as a Gary woman.</p>
<p>Vashnie L. Willis, 35, was pronounced dead at a hospital after Sunday afternoon’s crash, the Lake County coroner’s office said Monday. Her manner of death and the nature of her injury were pending.</p>
<p>Willis was driving an SUV when it struck a gas pump at a Luke gas station in East Chicago and burst into flames. An eyewitness said multiple people tried to pull Willis from the SUV after the crash, <a href="https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/lake/east-chicago/woman-who-died-in-crash-into-luke-gas-pump-is-identified/article_207cdb40-cc68-5566-96be-1ea9ea64014f.html#tracking-source=home-the-latest">The (Northwest Indiana) Times</a> reported.</p>
<p>East Chicago police and firefighters responded to the crash scene, which is south of East Chicago’s South Shore commuter rail line station.</p>
<p>No other gas pumped appeared to be involved in the fire, which left behind the burned-out SUV and a burned gas pump.</p>
<p>East Chicago police have not released additional information on the crash, citing an ongoing investigation.</p>
