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9 dead after crash involving New Mexico university’s golf teams in West Texas
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Posted on 03/16/2022 8:09:25 AM PDT by BenLurkin

Six students and their coach were killed, along with two others, when a van carrying members of a New Mexico university’s golf teams and a pickup collided Tuesday night in West Texas, officials said.

Two more students were critically injured in the crash involving members of the University of the Southwest’s men’s and women’s golf teams, according to the school.

Texas Department of Public Safety Sgt. Steven Blanco said the collision happened around 8:17 p.m. on a two-lane road about nine miles from the city of Andrews, northwest of Midland-Odessa.

"For unknown reasons, the Dodge pickup drove into the northbound lane and struck the Ford passenger van head on. Both vehicles caught fire and burned," the state agency said Wednesday in a statement.

(Excerpt) Read more at nbcnews.com ...


TOPICS: Local News; Sports
KEYWORDS: golf; newmexico; sports; texas; universitysouthwest
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To: BenLurkin

We are Soutwest.


21 posted on 03/16/2022 8:33:48 AM PDT by Rebelbase
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To: Baldwin77
said, "Another “illegal alien” driver ?"
It clearly says, "Dodge pickup drove"

said, "We’ll never know."
how stupid or devious these writers are.
22 posted on 03/16/2022 8:34:48 AM PDT by Steve Van Doorn (*in my best Eric Cartman voice* 'I love you, guys')
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To: SamAdams76

Sooo, that was YOU!


23 posted on 03/16/2022 8:42:40 AM PDT by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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Was alcohol involved? I didn't see any indication in the stories I've read.
24 posted on 03/16/2022 8:45:40 AM PDT by deport
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To: HighSierra5
Life is very tenuous.

So very true. We will all die some day. If there is a God (and I believe there is), we'd all better know the answer to the question "Why should I let you into Heaven?"

25 posted on 03/16/2022 8:49:41 AM PDT by Quality_Not_Quantity ("...for the sake of His name." Psalm 23:3)
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A fatal crash in Andrews, Texas, involved The University of the Southwest golf team van and a Dodge 2500 truck. (Source: KOSA)
26 posted on 03/16/2022 8:57:22 AM PDT by deport
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To: ConservativeMind
I've been a naturalized Texan for over 45 years. We have the highest per capita of lousy drivers in the nation. I felt safer driving 100+ mph on German Autobahns than I do driving here. It's not just failure to use turn signals, but stop signs are now considered yield signs. Driving while talking on a cell phone remains a pandemic.

I no longer like to drive after the sun goes down. My vision isn't what it used to be, nor are my reflexes. It really sucked when I realized I was no longer one of the finest drivers in the world (lol, an ever so slight exaggeration).

My road trips are now confined to daylight hours.

27 posted on 03/16/2022 9:00:45 AM PDT by Night Hides Not (Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Gonzales! Come and Take It!)
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To: BenLurkin

I’ve driven on those roads on a motorcycle. 90MPH was slow.


28 posted on 03/16/2022 9:05:58 AM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: 1Old Pro

Could also include dodging a coyote or deer...


29 posted on 03/16/2022 9:16:15 AM PDT by Bikkuri (I am proud to be a PureBlood.)
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To: BenLurkin

Prayers for their families.


30 posted on 03/16/2022 9:28:06 AM PDT by spincaster
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To: BenLurkin

Drunk, drugged, texting, falling asleep? Regardless, people are dead. Elements of the left are quietly celebrating I’m sure, as the golf kids were from a Christian college.


31 posted on 03/16/2022 9:39:42 AM PDT by JimRed (TERM LIMITS, NOW! Militia to the border! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: CedarDave

My boys play college golf on the same team and travel in a team van. This is beyond tragic.

Saying prayers for the kids, coach and their families.


32 posted on 03/16/2022 10:11:07 AM PDT by WomBom ("I read Free Republic for the pictures)
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To: BenLurkin
For unknown reasons, the Dodge pickup drove into the northbound lane and struck the Ford passenger van head on.

Suicide by collision.

33 posted on 03/16/2022 11:02:37 AM PDT by aimhigh (THIS is His commandment . . . . 1 John 3:23)
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To: vortigern
Two-lane roads are very dangerous.

Off topic, but that reminded me of the three-lane Route Nationales in France: the center lane could be used by drivers going in either direction! Poulet! (chicken)

34 posted on 03/16/2022 11:28:07 AM PDT by Moltke (Reasoning with a liberal is like watering a rock in the hope to grow a building.)
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To: BenLurkin

Incredibly sad and horrifying for their families...
Prayers up for the families...


35 posted on 03/16/2022 12:04:14 PM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is another Sam Adams now that we desperately need him?)
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To: BenLurkin
I've only been to Texas once and the only driving I did was in the Dallas/Fort Worth area....but I've heard stories about the wide open highways there and the things that happen on them.
36 posted on 03/16/2022 12:12:45 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Covid Is All About Mail In Balloting)
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To: ConservativeMind
They also appear to have outlawed the use of turn signals, there.

Supply chain issues. Blinker fluid is hard to come by.

37 posted on 03/16/2022 2:13:52 PM PDT by Disambiguator
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To: SamAdams76; 1Old Pro

I got a bee in my motorcycle helmet once. It didn’t sting me. I was in the city so I drove really slow until I had to stop at a light. I opened my face thing on my helmet and the bee waited a few seconds - fanning its wings - and then flew away.

It actually was sort of peaceful and cute compared to the time I was chewing gum while riding my bike, tried to spit the gum out, and it got stuck inside my helmet. And in my hair. Eyebrows. Everything.


38 posted on 03/16/2022 2:28:39 PM PDT by Scarlett156 (What's causing that funny smell? Scientology going down in flames! )
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To: BenLurkin

All wisecracking aside, what a horror. Someone - swerving truck guy - was probably drinking and going too fast or it wouldn’t have been that bad, with stuff catching on fire. I hope there wasn’t an illegal alien involved, but it wouldn’t surprise me. RIP college kids and their chaperones. I hope the reason for the crash is discovered.


39 posted on 03/16/2022 2:33:16 PM PDT by Scarlett156 (What's causing that funny smell? Scientology going down in flames! )
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To: BenLurkin

If this was eastern Washington state, my money would be on a Hispanic driver. Not that’s I’m trying to be racist, but that’s the law of averages the past decade or so when they announce a deadly car accident.


40 posted on 03/16/2022 2:40:22 PM PDT by shotgun
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