Wreck kills two Ohio teens; child left injured

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Driver fatigue was suspected in a truck crash that killed two Ohio teenagers and critically injured a girl on Interstate 44.

Ivan Mikhalyuk, 17, was driving west early Friday when the truck swerved off the road and slammed into a bridge abutment in north Springfield.

He and passenger Andre Capitula, 18, died of injuries suffered in the crash. Capitula's sister, Alena, was being treated at a Springfield hospital.

The victims are of Russian descent, Springfield police spokesman Matt Brown said. Their parents don't speak English, so police were working through an interpreter.

The three are believed to have been en route to Oklahoma.

Police suspect fatigue may have been a factor, but the investigation was continuing, Brown said.