Two Western Brown High School students have died following an accident on Crane-School House Road near Moore Road west of Bethel Saturday.

According to the Ohio State Highway Patrol one of the 16-year-old males was eastbound at an apparently unsafe speed. At about 4:24 p.m. the driver lost control after cresting a hill and went off the left side of the road, striking a concrete bridge abutment. Both of the boys were ejected from the vehicle, despite wearing seat belts.

The Batavia Post of OSHP reporter that Zachary Carnahan, 16, of Mt. Orab was dead at the scene. Ricky Morgeson, 16, of Mt. Orab was transported to University Hospital by AirCare. He succumbed to his injuries Monday morning.

The crash remains under investigation. This story will be updated as more information becomes available.