ANDREWS, Texas - Nine people died in a fiery, head-on collision in West Texas, including six students and a coach from a New Mexico university who were returning home from a golf tournament, authorities said.A pickup truck crossed the center line of a two-lane road in Andrews County and crashed into a vehicle carrying members of the University of the Southwest men’s and women’s golf teams, said Sgt.
Steven Blanco of the Texas Department of Public Safety.Six students and a faculty member were killed in the crash along with the driver and a passenger in the pickup truck, Blanco said.
Two students were taken by helicopter to a Lubbock hospital in critical condition."It’s a very tragic scene," Blanco said. "It’s very, very tragic."MORE: Texas is worst state for drivers in 2022, new study showsThe University of the Southwest is a private, Christian college located in Hobbs, New Mexico, near the state’s border with Texas.