KEENE, NH – Authorities say two people have died following a crash on Route 9 in Roxbury early Thursday morning.

New Hampshire State Police responded to the scene around 3:45 Thursday morning near the Roxbury-Sullivan town line, where Troopers say it appears the drivers were heading toward each other, and collided head on.

WMUR-TV reports that both drivers were the sole occupants of their respective vehicles and were pronounced dead at the scene.

A section of Route 9 was closed for several hours, it reopened around 9:30 Thursday morning. State Police have not released the names of the drivers involved. The crash remains under investigation.