A 22-year-old Ellicott City man was killed and another man was injured when a 1987 BMW went off Frederick Road in Baltimore County and hit a tree early yesterday, police said.

The driver, Steven Robert Bail of the 4100 block of Henhawk Court, was pronounced dead at the scene, Baltimore County police said.

His passenger, Brian Harry Levin, 27, of the 4200 block of Bright Bay Way in Ellicott City, was taken to Maryland Shock Trauma Center, police said. He was released after treatment, a hospital spokeswoman said.

The accident occurred about 12:15 a.m. as the car was traveling east at high speed on Frederick Road near Oella Avenue near Patapsco Valley State Park, police said. The crash trapped both men inside the car, police said.