A 13-year-old boy was driving a pickup truck that struck a van in Texas and killed 9 folks — together with six New Mexico faculty golfers — in a fiery crash, authorities stated Thursday
The boy, identified in a Daily Mail report as Ricky Siemens, was driving illegally on a spare tire earlier than it blew out and the truck slammed head-on right into a van carrying golfers from the University of the Southwest Tuesday night time, stated National Transportation Safety Board vice chairman Bruce Landsberg.
The teen and his 38-year-old dad, Henrich Siemens — who have been heading to choose up a brand new automotive — additionally died within the collision, in accordance with authorities and Siemens’ heartbroken widow.
“They were going to pick up a car that [Siemens] bought. I was supposed to see him about two hours later,” she stated, including they left round 8 p.m.
The crash killed faculty golfers Mauricio Sanchez, 19, Travis Garcia, 19, Jackson Zinn, 22, Karisa Raines, 21, Laci Stone, 18, and Tiago Sousa, 18.
Their coach, Tyler James, who was driving the Ford van, was additionally killed.
Dayton Price, 19, and Hayden Underhill, 20, the 2 survivors of the crash, are in secure situation, officials said.
“This was clearly a high-speed collision,” Landsberg stated, including it was unclear how briskly the automobiles have been touring.
The explanation for the crash had not been decided Thursday however cops have ordered toxicology and different forensics reviews, Sgt. Steven Blanco of Texas DPS advised The Post.
Texas legislation requires motorists to be at the least 15 years previous to obtain a provisional license and at the least 14 earlier than they’ll take lessons to get a learner’s license.
The faculty’s Ford Transit van was carrying 9 folks and towing a field trailer whereas heading again from a golf event in Midland, the place each the ladies’s and males’s groups have been competing.
The accident stays beneath investigation.
With AP wires
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