Texas police car. File photoWASHINGTON, Mar 18 A 13-year-old was driving a pickup truck that crashed into a van in west Texas, killing 9 people, including college golf team members and their coach, according to NBC. Incident happened on Thursday. It is reported that the teenager was not alone in the car — there was an adult man with him in the pickup truck. In turn, the Southwestern University golf team and its coach were returning by van from the competition. As a result of the accident, only two members of the team survived, both of them were hospitalized and are in critical condition. The head of the US National Transportation Safety Board, Bruce Landsberg, noted that the collision occurred at high speed, and also, according to preliminary data, the front left wheel of the van burst right before the collision. The agency is investigating the incident. The Texas Department of Public Safety has determined that a child was driving based on the identification of remains that were found in the driver's seat following a fire that resulted from the crash, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety.
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