The teen’s 14-year-old brother, who was not in the car at the time of the crash, had “just started 9th grade” that day, his principal said in a statementThe teen’s 14-year-old brother, who was not in the car at the time of the crash, had “just started 9th grade” that day, his principal said in a statement
Three family members, a 17-year-old girl and her parents, were killed in a car crash last week as they were headed to a college move-in day, authorities said
The teen’s brother, who was not inside the car, had “just started 9th grade” that day, his principal said
Two other people in a separate car who were involved in the crash were killed too
The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) said a 2004 Cadillac CTS was traveling southbound on U.S. Highway 281 just before 6 a.m. local time on Wednesday, Aug. 14, when it experienced a tire blowout, according to CBS affiliates KEYE-TV and KWTX.
The Cadillac, which was carrying a passenger at the time, subsequently hit a 2024 Kia Telluride traveling on the northbound side of the highway, the Austin American Statesman reported. Three people were inside the Telluride when the crash occurred.
All five people involved in the crash were pronounced dead at the scene. “There was no chance of survival,” said DPS trooper Bryan Washko, per the Statesman.
