9 dead after crash involving New Mexico university’s golf teams in West Texas

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[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.

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An ID of the pickup driver is available on social media.

If that reporting is accurate, you’re wrong.

[mewzilla]

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UPDATE: Officials have now identified all 9 victims killed in the crash. DPS says Henrich Siemens, 38, of Seminole, was driving the truck. His passenger was a 13-year-old boy whose name will not be released.
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[skeeter]

The truth is the truth, then.

[Varsity Flight]

Eternity.

It’s real.

[HonkyTonkMan]

The NTSB say the 13-year-old victim was behind the wheel of the Dodge truck at the time of the crash. Officials say the left front tire was a spare, it blew and sent the truck into the northbound lane, ultimately hitting the USW van.