Authorities are citing an unspecified “high rate” of speed, but would not speculate on whether alcohol or drugs were involved in the crash about 7 a.m. Sunday.

The Honda Passport veered off the left side of a road and overturned, coming to a rest upside down in the swamp. It sank with five of the victims trapped inside. A sixth person thrown from the SUV during the crash was found under it.

The patrol identified those killed as Andrique Bennett, 14; Kirklan M. Behner, 15; Daylan Ray, 15; Ramone M. White, 15; Brandon A. Murray, 17; and Alexis Cayson, 19, all of Warren.

Two boys escaped from the submerged vehicle and ran a quarter-mile to a home to call 911.

Family members of the Bellbrook High School students say the teens were coming back from picking up one of their classmates from a party early Sunday. Shortly afterward, the truck left the road and crashed into a tree, killing 14-year old Julianna Hawk, 17-year-old Sophie Kerrigan and 16-year-old Skylar Kooken.

Three other students were seriously injured in the crash.