Boy, 13, was driving truck that killed nine people in crash including six students

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The scholars and their coach have been recognized and tributes have been paid

A 13-year-old boy was behind the wheel in a lethal head-on crash that killed 9 folks.

The unnamed teenager was on the incorrect facet of the West Texas Freeway when he smashed right into a van carrying college students from College of Southwest.

Six college students and their coach had been killed within the car after it exploded in a ball of flames.

They had been recognized as coach Tyler James, 26, Mauricio Sanchez, 19, Travis Garcia, 19, Jackson Zinn, 22, Karisa Raines, 21, Laci Stone, 18, and Tiago Sousa, 18.

0618581 Several people are killed after bus carrying University of the Southwest men and women's golf teams is in a head-on crash with a truck in Texas head coach - TYLER JAMES
Head coach Tyler James (Image: uswathletics)

Pictured Dayton Price. 2021-22 Men's Golf Roster The head coach of a New Mexico college men?s and women?s golf program was killed in a head-on collision between the school?s van and a pickup truck in Texas ? as several other victims, including students, still have not yet been identified, according to local reports. Tyler James, who was entering his first season as head coach at the University of the Southwest in Hobbs, was killed when the private school?s vehicle collided head-on with a Ford F-150 on SH 115 and 1788 about 8:15 p.m. Tuesday, KWES-TV reported. Several others were believed to have also died in the accident on the two-lane road about nine miles from the city of Andrews. ?We are still learning the details about the accident but we are devastated and deeply saddened to learn about the loss of our students? lives and their coach,? university president Quint Thurman said in a statement, NBC News reported. ?My understanding is that two of our students have survived and have been airlifted to University Hospital in Lubbock with serious injuries,? Thurman said.
Dayton Value (Image: College of the Southwest)

Pictured Mauricio Sanchez. 2021-22 Men's Golf Roster The head coach of a New Mexico college men?s and women?s golf program was killed in a head-on collision between the school?s van and a pickup truck in Texas ? as several other victims, including students, still have not yet been identified, according to local reports. Tyler James, who was entering his first season as head coach at the University of the Southwest in Hobbs, was killed when the private school?s vehicle collided head-on with a Ford F-150 on SH 115 and 1788 about 8:15 p.m. Tuesday, KWES-TV reported. Several others were believed to have also died in the accident on the two-lane road about nine miles from the city of Andrews. ?We are still learning the details about the accident but we are devastated and deeply saddened to learn about the loss of our students? lives and their coach,? university president Quint Thurman said in a statement, NBC News reported. ?My understanding is that two of our students have survived and have been airlifted to University Hospital in Lubbock with serious injuries,? Thurman said.
Mauricio Sanchez (Image: College of the Southwest)

Pictured Travis Garcia. 2021-22 Men's Golf Roster. The head coach of a New Mexico college men?s and women?s golf program was killed in a head-on collision between the school?s van and a pickup truck in Texas ? as several other victims, including students, still have not yet been identified, according to local reports. Tyler James, who was entering his first season as head coach at the University of the Southwest in Hobbs, was killed when the private school?s vehicle collided head-on with a Ford F-150 on SH 115 and 1788 about 8:15 p.m. Tuesday, KWES-TV reported. Several others were believed to have also died in the accident on the two-lane road about nine miles from the city of Andrews. ?We are still learning the details about the accident but we are devastated and deeply saddened to learn about the loss of our students? lives and their coach,? university president Quint Thurman said in a statement, NBC News reported. ?My understanding is that two of our students have survived and have been airlifted to University Hospital in Lubbock with serious injuries,? Thurman said.
Travis Garcia (Image: College of the Southwest)

Pictured Zinn Jackson. 2021-22 Men's Golf Roster The head coach of a New Mexico college men?s and women?s golf program was killed in a head-on collision between the school?s van and a pickup truck in Texas ? as several other victims, including students, still have not yet been identified, according to local reports. Tyler James, who was entering his first season as head coach at the University of the Southwest in Hobbs, was killed when the private school?s vehicle collided head-on with a Ford F-150 on SH 115 and 1788 about 8:15 p.m. Tuesday, KWES-TV reported. Several others were believed to have also died in the accident on the two-lane road about nine miles from the city of Andrews. ?We are still learning the details about the accident but we are devastated and deeply saddened to learn about the loss of our students? lives and their coach,? university president Quint Thurman said in a statement, NBC News reported. ?My understanding is that two of our students have survived and have been airlifted to University Hospital in Lubbock with serious injuries,? Thurman said.
Zinn Jackson (Image: College of the Southwest)

Pictured Tiago Sousa. 2021-22 Men's Golf Roster The head coach of a New Mexico college men?s and women?s golf program was killed in a head-on collision between the school?s van and a pickup truck in Texas ? as several other victims, including students, still have not yet been identified, according to local reports. Tyler James, who was entering his first season as head coach at the University of the Southwest in Hobbs, was killed when the private school?s vehicle collided head-on with a Ford F-150 on SH 115 and 1788 about 8:15 p.m. Tuesday, KWES-TV reported. Several others were believed to have also died in the accident on the two-lane road about nine miles from the city of Andrews. ?We are still learning the details about the accident but we are devastated and deeply saddened to learn about the loss of our students? lives and their coach,? university president Quint Thurman said in a statement, NBC News reported. ?My understanding is that two of our students have survived and have been airlifted to University Hospital in Lubbock with serious injuries,? Thurman said.
Tiago Sousa (Image: College of the Southwest)

10618581 University of Southwest freshman golfer and head coach and who are among nine people killed in fiery head-on collision in Texas PICTURED: KARISA RAINES https://uswathletics.com/sports/womens-golf/roster/karisa-raines/3060
Karisa Raines (Image: College of the Southwest)

Pictured Lacy Stone, one of the victims. The head coach of a New Mexico college men?s and women?s golf program was killed in a head-on collision between the school?s van and a pickup truck in Texas ? as several other victims, including students, still have not yet been identified, according to local reports. Tyler James, who was entering his first season as head coach at the University of the Southwest in Hobbs, was killed when the private school?s vehicle collided head-on with a Ford F-150 on SH 115 and 1788 about 8:15 p.m. Tuesday, KWES-TV reported. Several others were believed to have also died in the accident on the two-lane road about nine miles from the city of Andrews. ?We are still learning the details about the accident but we are devastated and deeply saddened to learn about the loss of our students? lives and their coach,? university president Quint Thurman said in a statement, NBC News reported. ?My understanding is that two of our students have survived and have been airlifted to University Hospital in Lubbock with serious injuries,? Thurman said.
Lacy Stone (Image: College of the Southwest)

The boy, who was in a Dodge pickup, additionally died alongisde Henrich Siemens, 38.

Two others had been additionally critically injured – recognized as Dayton Value, 19, and Hayden Underhill, 20, and are at the moment in hospital.

Transport spokesman Bruce Landsberg mentioned it was not clear how briskly the autos had been going however mentioned it was ‘clearly a excessive velocity collision’.

Texas Department of Public Safety Troopers look over the scene of a fatal car wreck early Wednesday, March 16, 2022 half of a mile north of State Highway 115 on Farm-to-Market Road 1788 in Andrews County, Texas. A pickup truck crossed the center line of a two-lane road in Andrews County, about 30 miles (50 kilometers) east of the New Mexico state line on Tuesday evening and crashed into a van carrying members of the University of the Southwest men's and women's golf teams, said Sgt. Steven Blanco of the Texas Department of Public Safety. (Eli Hartman/Odessa American via AP)
Texas Division of Public Security Troopers look over the scene (Image: AP)

*** GRABS FROM AP VIDEO*** Emergency responders work the scene of a fatal crash late Tuesday, March 15, 2022 in Andrews County, Texas. A vehicle carrying members of the University of the Southwest's golf teams collided head-on with a pickup truck in West Texas, killing multiple people, authorities said. (NewsWest 9 KWES-TV via AP)
Emergency responders work the scene (Image: AP)

It's believed the entrance left tyre of the truck – which was the spare – blew, sending it onto the northbound lane.

Below Texas regulation, youngsters can begin taking programs for a learner’s allow on the age of 14. On the age of 15 they'll obtain a provisional license and will need to have an teacher or licensed grownup with them.

The scholars had been a part of a golf crew and had been heading residence from a match in Midland, Texas.

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