Officials: 13-year-old was driving truck that crashed into van, leaving 9 people dead

A makeshift memorial for the victims of a car crash in West Texas.

(Image credit: AP Photo/Cedar Attanasio)

published 18 March 2022

A 13-year-old was driving the pickup truck that crashed into a van carrying golfers from the University of the Southwest on Tuesday night in Texas, the National Transportation Safety Board said Thursday.

Nine people were killed in the head-on collision: the 13-year-old; a 38-year-old male passenger in the truck; six student golfers; and their coach. Two other students are hospitalized in "stable" condition, University of the Southwest Provost Ryan Tipton said Thursday.

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Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.

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