Pictured: Six University of the Southwest golf team members and coach killed in Texas truck crash

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Eight of the nine victims killed in a tragic crash on Tuesday have been identified as Zinn Jackson, Tiago Sousa, Karisa Raines, Travis Garcia, Tyler James, Dayton Price, Laci Stone and Mauricio Sanchez
Eight of the 9 victims killed in a tragic crash on Tuesday have been recognized as Zinn Jackson, Tiago Sousa, Karisa Raines, Travis Garcia, Tyler James, Dayton Value, Laci Stone and Mauricio Sanchez (Photos: Eli Hartman/Odessa American/AP; College of the Southwest)

Eight of the 9 victims killed in a fiery Texas crash on Tuesday have been recognized by authorities.

A 13-year-old boy was driving on the flawed facet of the West Texas Freeway when he smashed right into a van carrying college students from College of Southwest (USW).

The victims embody six members of the College of the Southwest’s males’s and ladies’s golf groups and their 26-year-old coach.

The Texas Division of Public Security recognized the victims as Tyler James, 26; Mauricio Sanchez, 19; Travis Garcia, 19; Jackson Zinn, 22; Karisa Raines, 21; Laci Stone, 18; and Tiago Sousa, 18.

Dayton Value, 19 and Hayden Underhill, 20, are the 2 different individuals in college’s van, had been left in crucial situation from the crash.

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

Each autos caught on fireplace within the crash and burned.

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)
The scene of the deadly automotive wreck in West Texas (AP)

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.
Laci Stone, one of many victims who died (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 was killed (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 died within the crash (College of the Southwest)

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

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

Coach James and members of the boys’s and ladies’s golf groups had been returning dwelling from a event in Midland, Texas when the crash occurred.

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 died within the crash on Tuesday (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 was killed (College of the Southwest)

Members of the family of a number of the victims shared their grief on social media.

Chelsi Stone, whose daughter Laci was among the many crash’s victims, revealed the tragic information on Fb.

‘I wouldn’t want this ache on my worst enemy,’ Chelsi Stone wrote in a publish. ‘Final night time Laci’s golf staff was concerned in a crash leaving a golf event. Our candy Laci didn’t make it. We're nonetheless ready for lots of particulars however as of proper now that’s all I've. That our Laci is gone!’ 

The mom wrote that her late daughter had ‘a coronary heart the scale of Texas.’

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 was left in a crucial situation (College of the Southwest)

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Head coach Tyler James died

Family of Karisa described the 21-year-old as ‘a ravishing and sort soul who will likely be deeply missed by everybody.’

One of many college students left critically injured from the crash, Dayton, reportedly suffered third-degree burns to just about half of his physique, in response to a GoFundMe marketing campaign.  

USW stated in a press release: ‘The USW campus neighborhood is shocked and saddened right this moment as we mourn the lack of members of our college household.’

Southwest President Quint Thurman added: ‘We're nonetheless studying the small print concerning the accident however we're devastated and deeply saddened to study concerning the lack of our college students’ lives and their coach.’

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Karisa Raines was killed within the crash (College of the Southwest)

Midland School, the Texas college that was internet hosting 11 colleges for a golf event, flew its flag at half-mast via Friday to honour the USW groups.

School President Steve Thomas stated: ‘It is a devastating loss to that faculty, and phrases can't categorical how deeply harm we really feel for his or her loss.’

The crash is being investigated by the Texas Freeway Patrol with help from the Nationwide Transportation Security Board.

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

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