BRANCHDALE, Pa. (AP) — State police say an early morning head-on collision in eastern Pennsylvania killed three people and critically injured a fourth.

Police in Schuylkill County say a car heading south on Route 209 in Reilly Township crossed the center line and struck a northbound car shortly after 4 a.m. Saturday.

Thirty-one-year-old Brandon Stephens, the driver of the first car, was dead at the scene along with the driver of the second car, 19-year-old Jayden Klemas.

A 17-year-old youth was also killed. A 20-year man who was a passenger in the second car was taken to Hershey Medical Center with critical injuries.