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Archae

(46,665 posts)
Thu Mar 17, 2022, 05:00 PM Mar 2022

My "WTF is wrong with this guy?" story of the day, guy lets a 13-year old drive a truck and crash...

Killing himself, the 13 year old, and 7 in a van the truck collided with.

NTSB: Child was driving truck that struck van killing 9

HOBBS, N.M. (AP) — A 13-year-old was driving the pickup truck that struck a van in West Texas in a fiery collision that killed nine people, National Transportation Safety Board Vice Chairman Bruce Landsberg said Thursday.

The truck’s left front tire, which was a spare tire, also blew out before impact, he said.

Although it was unclear how fast the two vehicles were traveling, “this was clearly a high-speed collision,” Landsberg said.

One must be 14 in Texas to start taking classroom courses for a learner’s license and 15 to receive that provisional license to drive with an instructor or licensed adult in the vehicle. Department of Public Safety Sgt. Victor Taylor said a 13-year-old driving would be breaking the law.

The pickup truck crossed into the opposite lane on a darkened, two-lane highway before colliding head-on with a van, killing the boy, a man traveling with him, six New Mexico college students and a golf coach.

https://www.wbay.com/2022/03/17/ntsb-child-was-driving-truck-that-struck-van-killing-9/

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My "WTF is wrong with this guy?" story of the day, guy lets a 13-year old drive a truck and crash... (Original Post) Archae Mar 2022 OP
Omg..horrific....driving in dark too Demovictory9 Mar 2022 #1
I bet the guy didn't want to drive since he knew he was drunk. Archae Mar 2022 #2
Thats exactly what I was thinking. /nt sdfernando Mar 2022 #4
I used to have to drive my dad's drunk ass home from the bar starting at about 12. alphafemale Mar 2022 #5
Wow. Demovictory9 Mar 2022 #7
Weird. In the article it says intrepidity Mar 2022 #3
Today said 13.yr old was driving. Front tire was spare that blew causing swerve Demovictory9 Mar 2022 #8
😭 😭 😭 😭 😭 a kennedy Mar 2022 #6
 

alphafemale

(18,497 posts)
5. I used to have to drive my dad's drunk ass home from the bar starting at about 12.
Thu Mar 17, 2022, 06:43 PM
Mar 2022

Couldn't even really reach the pedals or see over the dashboard.

intrepidity

(7,737 posts)
3. Weird. In the article it says
Thu Mar 17, 2022, 05:06 PM
Mar 2022
Also killed were Henrich Siemens, 38, of Seminole County, Texas, and an unidentified 13-year-old boy who were in the 2007 Dodge 2500 pickup. Texas Department of Public Safety Sgt. Steven Blanco said Thursday that investigators have not yet confirmed who was driving either vehicle because of the severity of the crash and the fire that occurred afterward.
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