The Northampton County Coroner said a man was killed early Saturday morning after a crash in Allen Township.

It happened around 4:00 a.m. in the 2900 block of Howertown Road.

The coroner said the driver, 22-year-old Ryan Petfkus of Palmerton, was traveling at a high rate of speed when he went off the road, sheered a tree and hit a house.

He was pronounced dead at the scene. The coroner said Petfkus was not wearing a seat belt at the time of the crash.