The Texas Department of Public Safety has released the names of the nine people killed in a horrific collision Tuesday night in western Texas.
Six members of the University of the Southwest golf teams and their coach were among those who died after a pickup truck collided head-on with their 17-passenger van on the way home from a tournament.
In addition to first-year head coach Tyler James, 26, NewsWest9 of Midland, Texas, reported that DPS identified the following USW students: Mauricio Sanchez, 19, of Mexico; Travis Garcia, 19, of Pleasanton, Texas; Jackson Zinn, 22, of Westminster, Colorado; Karisa Raines, 21, of Fort Stockton, Texas; Laci Stone, 18, of Nocona, Texas; and Tiago Sousa, 18, of Portugal.
