University of the Southwest

University of the Southwest golf team members die in car crash

University of the Southwest golf team members die in car crash

On March 15, the University of the Southwest men’s and women’s golf team van suffered a fatal head-on collision with a pick-up truck that killed nine people on a Texas road. CBS 7 reported that two of the nine deceased include a 13-year-old boy who was behind the wheel of the truck and his 38-year-old father, Henrich Siemens, who was in the passenger seat. ABC News reported that the other seven deaths include the golf team’s head coach, Tyler James, and student-athletes Maurico Sanchez, Travis Garcia, Jackson Zinn, Karisa Raines, Laci Stone and Tiago Sousa. There were two survivors of the crash: Dayton Price and Hayden Underhill, both of whom were on the university’s golf team. Initially in critical condition, Price and Underhill were taken to a hospital in Texas after the crash. CBS 7 stated the two were stabilized as of March 16.