Police: 16-year-old dead, 3 others injured after crash in northern Kentucky

A 16-year-old has died and three others were injured after a crash in northern Kentucky late Sunday.It happened around 10:34 p.m. when Boone County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to a crash on Bullittsville Road in Hebron.Police said a 17-year-old was driving a 2015 Honda Accord when he hit a sharp right-hand curve, traveled left of the center line, overcorrected and veered off the right side of the road.The vehicle hit several trees and overturned. Police say the front seat passenger was ejected and ultimately became trapped under the vehicle. He was pronounced dead at the scene.He has been identified as Zachary Snyder, a 16-year-old boy from Burlington. The driver and the two backseat passengers, a 17-year-old male from Burlington and 18- year-old female from Hebron, were able to exit the vehicle on their own and were transported to area hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries. Police said preliminary findings indicate that speed is a contributing factor, and neither the driver nor the deceased were wearing seatbelts.The road was closed for several hours before reopening around 3 a.m. The crash remains under investigation by the Boone County Sheriff’s Office Accident Reconstruction Team.