STRATFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — One person is dead, and another is in critical condition after a Saturday morning crash in Stratford, police said.

At approximately 3:35 a.m., police responded to a single-car crash in the 1100 block of Nichols Avenue. The vehicle struck a tree, police said.

In total five people aged 16-24 were in the vehicle, according to police.

The driver, identified as Ryan Frank Julian, 18, was later pronounced dead.

A second person was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries, where they remain in critical condition, according to police. The three other occupants of the vehicle suffered minor injuries.

The cause of the crash is under investigation.

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