A Ballwin teen was killed and two passengers hurt in a one-car crash Friday night in Lincoln County, east of Cuivre River State Park.

Christopher M. Hanson, 19, was a passenger a 2007 Honda Accord northbound on Ridge Road just south of Hardy Road shortly after 8 p.m. when the car went off the right side of the road and hit a tree, the Missouri Highway Patrol reported. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

The driver, Adam R. Laird, 19, was moderately hurt, and his father, Martin R. Laird, 52, was seriously hurt. He was airlifted to Mercy Hospital in Creve Coeur. The Lairds list addresses in Ballwin. All three were wearing seat belts.

Sara Hanson, 21, said her brother loved hockey and planned to attend technical school to study mechanics. He graduated from Parkway West High School in 2017. He lived at home with his parents, Tim and Sally Hanson.

"He was always very energetic and athletic and just, you know, he had a lot of life left in him," she said.

She said that the family does not suspect drinking was involved, and that Adam Laird had come to the family's house Friday night to talk to them and apologize.

Editor's note: a previous version of this story had the wrong driver listed.

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