Two teenage boys have been identified as the pedestrians hit and killed early Tuesday in Vancouver.

Taylor Crepeau, 14, and Andrew Friedt, 17, died of multiple blunt force injuries. The Clark County Medical Examiner’s Office determined their deaths were accidental.

Vancouver police said an investigation indicates the boys, who were wearing dark clothing, stepped off a curb and onto Northeast 112th Avenue between 20th and 23rd streets. They were then struck by a driver in a pickup truck.

Early indications are that the driver didn’t see the boys and wasn’t able to stop before hitting them, according to police.

The driver, a man who hasn’t been publicly identified, stayed at the scene. Both boys were dead when fire officials arrived, according to a Vancouver fire spokesman.

Police said the boys had been trying to cross 112th Avenue — an arterial that takes drivers to Mill Plain Boulevard and Interstate 205 — mid-block. The crash happened according to police.

The Columbian reports Crepeau was a Wy’east Middle School eighth grader and Friedt previously attended Mountain View High School.

Both of them were Vancouver residents.

-- Jim Ryan; jryan@oregonian.com; 503-221-8005; @Jimryan015

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