Federal investigators revealed a 13-year-old was behind the wheel of a pickup truck that struck a van that carried the University of the Southwest’s golf team. A 38-year-old man was in the passenger seat. Both died at the scene.
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Clowns, they keep telling us poetically "it 13 year old driver!" Meanwhile a lot of wrong way crash are committed by 18 years of age and up.
He was teaching his son how to drive but he should of chose another road other than this one, very dangerous road
Nothing but tweakers take that road it's an back road from New Mexico to Texas very dangerous road
For once in my life, I am not sad that this 13-year old and the passenger died. I just don't. Sorry. IMHO.
It's should be no more than 55mph on donut. That fire means speed and heavy impact. A 13 year old kid driving at speed on a spare tire. WTF!!!!!
😡I'am so mad at the father for letting his 13 year old son drive his pickup truck.
It sounds like the parents don’t even care about their own kid dying at 0:51?
They have some crazy laws over the states?
Everything is bigger in Texas, especially the stupidity.
Guy was probably drunk and told his kid to drive.
Violation but the teen and adault was killed so that blame is over
Susan Wokejewski stop artificially inserting this crap news channel into Trending News!!!
Tragic….like know why 38 year old wasn't driving…
If the driver was an illegal, Biden should be charged with their deaths. 🤔🇺🇸
HORRIBLE my prayers go out to the families stupid people
The 13-year-old can’t be held responsible by law. He was not an adult.
And in Texas, it’s not uncommon for 12, 13 or 14 year olds to drive cars. Been that way since the invention of the automobile. Not a news item other than the fact that several lives were snuffed out in the blink of an eye…..it will continue there as long as people like Ted Cruz and Greg Abbott are running the show.
I'll bet failing tires are a very underrated cause of head-on collisions, injury and death. There's always other factors to add with humans at the wheel. It will get worse with people trying to hold off a little longer on replacing their warn out tires. Prices are sky rocketing.
What country was the driver from?
“What?? we used to drive when we were kids back in my day, now get in that driver seat Cletus Jr, yeeeh yeeeeeeeeh” -some dumb dead hillbilly probably.
Well, as sad as this event is, it all made sense when I heard this took place in rural Texas…it seems that driving underage is very common. Even some saying they would never change this tradition…
Not much you could do about it the driver's dead the father's dead everybody's number was up life that's why you want to enjoy it all as best as you can
Shake my head. In disbelief. how can such an adult give an un experienced driver the keys to the wheel on a busy highway? The poor child didn't know what to do in such incident. This was so preventable 🙁
At least the POS kid who caused this died and his stupid passenger
Every generation is getting dumber and dumber.
This happened in Texas? Huh.
Letting a 13 yr drive on a donut tire. Texas 🤦🏻♂️
What a tragedy no ADULTS on the Van apparently.
If you experience a blowout at highway speed, DO NOT LET OFF THE ACCELERATOR. In fact, at the moment of the occurrence you should SLIGHTLY INCREASE acceleration to power the vehicle in resistance to the upsetted condition of car. This will “right” the vehicle back to a stable condition. Then at a moderate rate, smoothly and consistently let off the accelerator and come to a safe stop in as safe a run off area that is available.
Dad was obviously an alcoholic or a moron. Ugly side of society.
Why is 13 year old driving?!!!! So stupid!
So what's the problem? A spare tire popped, crap happens🤷
That is so f'd up
I was driving at 9, this 13 year old is a disgrace to all underage drivers.
I was driving myself at that age,but it was south Texas back roads. Now days everyone seems to drive like many bad words, if the speed limit is 35 mph,there driving 50 mph,they can't keep of their phone. Law enforcement is pitiful. Because these losers yall voted, most of the d.p.s. is on the border trying to keep out our enemies. Just remember it's your fault for this, because of your vote.
Goodness how could parents give an interview the same day
Parenting gone horribly wrong …
A 13 year old driving the oversized pick up truck cause the wreck whether the spare tire failed or not! That kid SHOULD had NEVER been behind the wheel driving!!!
those poor parents of those students i hope they did not suffer. 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
Crazy 😜 how is that possible ?
This thirteen-year-old is not a child. By the laws of our country, he would be tried as an adult and y'all would be demanding that he spend the rest of his life in prison if he intentionally killed someone. I'm honestly surprised I'm not seeing the death sentence or life in prison being demanded in the comments right now. All this story should say is a tire blew out and it caused a wreck and that is that.
The 38 year old father that let his 13 year old son drive………….🤔
Wouldn’t matter who the driver was the Results would’ve been the same
It maybe the truck hit the van first. In the process, the spare tire got damaged.
The family of the people killed should sue the estate of the adult in the truck with the 13 years old.
A concrete divider would have saved these lost lives!! We never think about that!!
They raise the speed limits but don't put shoulders or guard rails in. They work for trucking companies who actually run drugs 10 percent of the time?
look on the bright side the kid saved them from paying back all them college loans
"Call on the Lord in the day of trouble,
and he will deliver you"
– Psalm 50: 15