A 13-year-old was driving the pickup truck that struck a van in West Texas in a fiery collision that killed nine people, NTSB said.
ANDREWS, Texas -- National Transportation Safety Board Vice Chairman Bruce Landsberg said Thursday that a 13-year-old was driving the pickup truck that struck a van in West Texas in a fiery collision that killed nine people.The truck's left front tire, which was a spare tire, also blew out before impact, Landsberg said.
According to the NTSB, the crash happened Tuesday at about 8:17 p.m. on FM 1788 near Andrews. Officials said a 2017 Ford transit van was towing a 2019 Salvation 8-foot box trailer and was traveling on FM1788. The van, which was operated by the University of the Southwest, was headed back to Hobbs, New Mexico after a golf tournament in Midland.At the same time, a 2007 Dodge 2500 pickup truck was traveling on FM 1788, when it veered into the opposite lane and collided with the van head-on.
Although it was unclear how fast the two vehicles were traveling,"this was clearly a high-speed collision," Landsberg said.
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