(KAIR)--A Platte City, Missouri teenager is dead, killed Saturday night in a single vehicle Platte County crash.
The Platte County Sheriff's Office identifies the victim as 17-year-old Luke Hogue.
According to a news release issued Sunday by Sheriff's Office spokesman Erik Holland, Hogue was northbound in the 10800 block of N Highway when his vehicle left the roadway and collided with a tree.
The release says Hogue was traveling alone, and is believed to have been speeding at the time of the fatal crash.
Alcohol is not believed to have played a factor, but the investigation is continuing by the Platte County Sheriff’s Office Crash Team.
The wreck happened around 11:40 Saturday night.
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