Three Tecumseh High School students were killed in a single car crash in Clark County

Three Tecumseh High School students were killed in a single car crash in Clark County early Wednesday morning.

Clark County sheriff’s deputies told that the car ran off Ridge Road, hit a tree, then split half.

Wesley Culpepper, 15, Charles Luthe, 16, and 17-year-old Daniel Tittle were all pronounced dead at the scene, according to the Springfield post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol.

The cause of the crash is still being investigated, but troopers said speed was certainly a factor.

That stretch of Ridge Road in Springfield Township is expected to remain closed for several hours.