MARION COUNTY, Fla. -- Florida Highway Patrol says alcohol likely played a role in the fatal crash that killed five young Marion County men early Saturday morning. The car was traveling at more than 160 miles-per-hour on a private airstrip adjacent to a home owned by John Travolta when it flew off the runway and smashed into a tree.

The accident happened around 4:00am in the gated Graystone Community, which is located inside the Jumbolair Aviation Estates, north of Ocala. According to Florida Highway Patrol, the five teens were joyriding in a 2008 gray BMW when they decided to sneak into the exclusive Jumbolair Community.

The community is home to several millionaires, including actor John Travolta. It is supposed to be gated, but Channel 9 found out that people have been sneaking in.

The car was speeding down the airstrip when it hit an embankment, flew off the end of the runway, and crashed into trees about two-hundred-feet from the end of the airstrip. The car split in half, then disintegrated, ejecting three of the passengers.

The victims' friends said the accident happened after a late night party and that the teens wanted to see how fast the new BMW could go. Troopers said 18-year-old Joshua Ammirato was driving the car at the time of the crash. His yearbook picture says he was known for having the "hottest wheels."

Ammirato's passengers were 20-year-old Isaac Rubin and 19-year-old Dustin Dawe, whom friends called "Smiley" because of his humor. Nineteen-year-old James Devon Hime and high-school star football player 19-year-old Jacob Case were also killed in the crash.

Four of the victims were graduates of North Marion High School and another had gone to Trinity Catholic in Ocala. Family and friends were devastated when they learned the news.

"It's just heartbreaking because they are my really close friends," Alainya Frauenshuh said. "They were stupid, that's all I can think about. I don't know what was going through their heads."

Saturday, investigators collected blood samples of the victims to see if alcohol might have played a role in the fatal crash. The victim's friends say they had been at a party where there were several kegs of beer.

"We will miss them, everybody will miss them. They were great people and they were always fun to be around," close friend Britney Palmire said.