An Alabama teen was killed Saturday when his sports car struck a tree and overturned, state police said.

The single-vehicle crash occurred at approximately 2:48 p.m. Saturday and claimed the life of an Opelika man.

Nicholas E. Northern, 19, was fatally injured when the 1993 Mazda Miata he was driving left the roadway, struck a tree and overturned, state police said.

Northern was pronounced deceased at the scene.

The crash occurred on Lee County 145, approximately eight miles east of Opelika, in Lee County.