A 13-year-old was driving the pickup truck that killed nine people in a crash in Texas, the National Transportation Safety Board announced Thursday, per Cedar Attanasio, Jill Bleed and Anita Snow of the Associated Press.
The truck collided with a van carrying members of the University of the Southwest golf teams, the school confirmed Wednesday. It led to the deaths of six student-athletes and their coach, via Amanda Watts, Holly Yan and Rosa Flores of CNN.
NTSB vice chairman Bruce Landsberg said the pickup truck was using a spare tire on the left front side which blew out before the crash.