Horrifying stuff.
A 13-year-old boy has died after the pickup truck she was driving slammed into an oncoming van killing nine.Six university golfers, including one from Portugal and one from Mexico, and their coach died in the crash.The driver and his passenger were also killed.According to authorities, the Ford Transit passenger van had been carrying members of both men's and women's golf teams from a golf tournament. The other vehicle involved was a Dodge 2500 pickup truck.
Children are permitted to begin classroom driving lessons at the age of 14 in Texas and must be 15 before they can start driving with an instructor or licensed adult in the car. The NTSB also said several of the victims in the van were not wearing seatbelts, with one passenger being ejected from the vehicle.
The victims from the University of the Southwest include golf coach Tyler James, 26; Jackson Zinn, 22; Karisa Raines, 21; Travis Garcia; 19; Laci Stone, 18, as well as Portuguese national Tiago Sousa, 18; and Mexican citizen Mauricio Sanchez, 19.The accident occurred in Andrews County in West Texas on Tuesday night, just after 8pm.
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