2 teens die in crash in Bootheel

SENATH, Mo. -- Two teenagers are dead after their sport utility vehicle drove into the path of a tractor-trailer in the Missouri Bootheel region.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol has identified the victims as the SUV's driver, 16-year-old Dylan W. Johnson of Holcomb, Mo., and one of his passengers, 18-year-old Tyler J. Troutt of Kennett, Mo.

The patrol said Johnson failed to yield Friday night at the intersection of U.S. 412 and Route P in the Dunklin County town of Senath.

Johnson and Troutt were pronounced dead at the scene. Another teenage passenger was flown to a hospital in Jonesboro, Ark.