霍布斯，新泽西州（美联社） - 一名13岁的男孩正在驾驶皮卡车，在一场火热的碰撞中撞上了西得克萨斯州的一辆面包车，杀死了9人，其中包括一支大学高尔夫队的六名成员及其教练，这是国家运输安全董事会官员周四表示。
The child and a man traveling in the truck also died.
NTSB副主席布鲁斯·兰兹伯格（Bruce Landsberg）表示，卡车的左前轮胎是备用轮胎，也爆炸了。
尽管目前尚不清楚两辆车的速度were traveling, “this was clearly a high-speed collision,” Landsberg said. He added investigators hoped to retrieve enough information from the vehicle’s recorders to better understand what happened.
必须在德克萨斯州14岁才能开始参加学习者许可的课堂课程，并获得15次获得临时许可，以与车辆中的教练或有执照的成年人一起驾驶。公共安全部长维克多·泰勒（Victor Taylor）说，一名13岁的驾驶将违反法律。
皮卡车在一条黑暗的两车道高速公路上越过对面的车道，然后与一辆面包车正面撞车，杀死了男孩，一个和他一起旅行的男人，六名新墨西哥州大学生和一名高尔夫教练。
It’s not uncommon for people in rural parts of the U.S. to learn to drive when they’re young. But the news that a 13-year-old was behind the wheel in the Texas crash put a renewed focus on the practice.
西南学生，包括葡萄牙的一名学生和一名来自墨西哥的学生，当车辆在周二晚上相撞时，教练从高尔夫锦标赛中返回。两名加拿大学生在危急情况下住院。
NTSB将一个调查团队派往德克萨斯州安德鲁斯县的坠机现场，位于新墨西哥州立线以东约30英里（50公里）。虽然该地区是农村地区，但其道路通常会忙于与农业和石油和天然气开发有关的交通。
University of the Southwest spokeswoman Maria Duarte declined to comment on the NTSB’s announcement about the young driver, citing the ongoing investigation.
NTSB发言人埃里克·魏斯（Eric Weiss）表示，高尔夫车队正在乘坐一辆2017年福特公交货车，当时它与卡车相撞时拖着盒子拖车，两辆车爆炸起来。
他说，这些车辆在两车道沥青高速公路上坠毁，速度限制为75 mph（120 kph），尽管调查人员尚未确定任何一辆车辆行驶的速度。
德克萨斯州公共安全部将死者确定为：26岁的高尔夫教练泰勒·詹姆斯（Tyler James），来自新墨西哥州霍布斯（Hobbs）；和墨西哥19岁的毛里西奥·桑切斯（Mauricio Sanchez）；德克萨斯州普莱森顿的19岁的特拉维斯·加西亚（Travis Garcia）；22岁的杰克逊·辛（Jackson Zinn），科罗拉多州威斯敏斯特（Westminster）；德克萨斯州斯托克顿堡的21岁的Karisa Raines；得克萨斯州诺科纳（Nocona）的18岁的拉西·斯通（Laci Stone）；和葡萄牙18岁的Tiago Sousa。
Also killed were Henrich Siemens, 38, of Seminole County, Texas, and the unidentified 13-year-old boy who were in the 2007 Dodge 2500 pickup.
Critically injured aboard the van were Canadian students Dayton Price, 19, of Mississauga, Ontario, and Hayden Underhill, 20, of Amherstview, Ontario. Both were taken by helicopter to the University Medical Center in Lubbock, about 110 miles (180 kilometers) to the northeast.
西南教务长瑞安·蒂普顿（Ryan Tipton）周四在两名受伤的学生中说：“它们既稳定又康复，每天都取得了越来越多的进步。”
蒂普顿说：“其中一位学生正在吃鸡肉汤。”
Tipton said University President Quint Thurman visited the students’ parents at the hospital, illustrating the close community at the college with only about 350 on-campus students.
Underhill’s brother Drew said their parents, Ken and Wendy, flew to Texas.
“Hockey was a big part of life for a while, but his true passion is golf,” Drew Underhill said.
On Thursday evening, about 150 people turned out to remember Zinn at Texas Roadhouse, a Hobbs restaurant where he worked and met his girlfriend of five months.
“We met here exactly at this table,” said Maddy Russell, 20, of Hobbs. “He was my heart.”
送葬者释放了大约100个蓝色和橙色的气球，进入了新墨西哥州东部的寒冷，鞭打的风，很快就消失在地平线上。
The Mexican Federation of Golf posted an online note of condolence to the loved ones of Sanchez.
Sousa was from Portugal’s southern coast, where he graduated from high school last summer before heading to college in the U.S., said Renata Afonso, head of the Escola Secundária de Loulé.
“Any school would be delighted to have had him as a student,” she said.
Team member Jasmin Collum had been scheduled to play but at the last minute decided instead to visit her parents in Houston, her mother said.
“我们认识船上所有的人，”托尼亚·柯伦（Tonya Collum）说。“基本上，整个团队都在医院或医院里。”
The University of the Southwest is a private, Christian college in Hobbs, New Mexico, near the state line with Texas.
周三在校园附近的球队练习的校园里设立了纪念馆。有鲜花，高尔夫球和一个带有十字架的手工标志和缩写USW。
Rockwind Community Links经理本·柯克斯（Ben Kirkes）说：“这至少是球员，当然还有教练詹姆斯。”
该大学在Twitter上说，咨询和宗教服务将在校园内提供。
The teams had been taking part in a golf tournament at Midland College, about 315 miles (505 kilometers) west of Dallas. Midland College canceled Wednesday’s play because of the crash.
