A serious road accident killed 9 people in Texas, most of them student members of a golf team. Driving the truck that caused the collision was a 13-year-old boy.
On Tuesday, a collision between a truck and a bus carrying student golf team members killed nine people. As relatives of the victims mourn the loss of their loved ones, investigators made a shocking announcement on Thursday. Driving the truck that caused the collision was a 13-year-old boy. Six students who were in the bus were killed, in addition to their coach, and the two occupants of the truck, including the young driver, also lost their lives, reports “USA Today”. Two other people were injured.
The pickup truck involved crossed the center line of a two-lane highway, hitting the minibus carrying students from Southwestern University, a private Christian school near the border with New Mexico. They were returning from a tournament in Midland, Texas.
A high speed crash
National Transportation Safety Board Vice Chairman Bruce Landsberg said Thursday the crash happened at high speed and the pickup’s left front tire, which was a spare, burst before impact . It was clarified that in Texas the age to start taking driving lessons is 14 and you have to wait 15 to get a provisional license. The teenage driver was breaking the law. He was with his father, who was killed at the time of the accident.
The victims aboard the minibus have been identified: coach Tyler James, 26; Mauricio Sanchez, 19; Travis Garcia, 19; Jackson Zinn, 22; Karisa Raines, 21; Laci Stone, 18; and Tiago Sousa, 18, all lost their lives. “The USW campus community is shocked and saddened today as we mourn the loss of members of our college family,” the Christian university said in a statement Wednesday.
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