A teenager died Saturday morning after crashing his car in Pike County.

Troopers say that 18-year-old Zachary Howard, Piketon, was driving on route 220 when he missed a curve and crashed at around 2:30 a.m.

When medics and troopers arrived, Howard had died. His front passenger was Andrew Mayton, 20 of Waverly. Mayton was transported to Adena Waverly Hospital for life threatening injuries. His current condition is unknown at this time.

The highway was shutdown for two hours.

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