POPLAR BLUFF -- Two teen-agers died and a third person was injured when their pickup truck hit a tree and caught fire along a Butler County road north of Poplar Bluff, the Missouri State Highway Patrol said.

The accident happened about 9:10 p.m. Friday and killed driver Jason Andrews, 19, and passenger Christina Persons, 16, the patrol said. They and the second passenger, who was taken to a hospital with moderate injuries, were all from Poplar Bluff, the patrol said.