LUBBOCK, Texas — The University of the Southwest will hold a press conference Thursday (noon central) after a fiery crash killed six student-athletes and a head coach.
A van carrying the university’s golf team crashed while headed home from a tournament in Midland Tuesday evening. A total of nine people died, and two survivors were airlifted to Lubbock in critical condition.
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A transit van carrying the university’s golf team crashed with a pickup truck while headed home from a tournament in Midland. Texas DPS said for unknown reasons, the pickup truck drove into oncoming traffic and hit the van head-on. Both vehicles caught fire and burned.
Two survivors were taken to Lubbock for medical treatment in critical condition.
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