NEAR WEST PLAINS, MO. (THECOUNT) — Stetson Hutchinson has been identified as the young man killed in a crash on Highway 63.

Stacy Hutchinson was operating a vehicle on Highway 63 when it was violently rear-ended by a pickup truck. The 34-year-old driver was transported to an area hospital with moderate injuries. Another passenger in the car, Tristan Hutchinson, 16, was flown to a Jonesboro, Arkansas hospital with minor injuries.

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A West Plains teenager died in a crash on Highway 63. The highway patrol says a pickup slammed into the back of a car. The driver of the car had slowed down to make a turn off of the highway. source

15-year-old Stetson was pronounced dead at the scene.

The driver of the pickup truck was uninjured in the fatal crash.

The crash remains under investigation.