JACKSON COUNTY, Ore. — A 17-year-old driver and an 18-year-old passenger were tragically killed early on Saturday morning when their car crashed through a guard rail on Highway 140 in Jackson County, near milepost 9, and rolled into an adjacent creek after the driver failed to negotiate a curve. Two other teenage passengers also suffered critical injuries in the crash.

Oregon State Police (OSP), who responded to the single vehicle crash on Highway 140 at 3:50 a.m., indicated that a westbound Ford F350, operated by a 17-year-old male of Eagle Point, failed to negotiate a curve and ended up in an adjacent creek.

The driver, who was not wearing a seatbelt, was declared dead at the scene. A passenger, 18-year-old Mitchel Frank Thorpe of Eagle Point, who was also not wearing a seatbelt, was

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