The small, four-seat automotive with six highschool women packed inside rolled by means of a cease signal at an Oklahoma intersection Tuesday earlier than it was struck by a semi-truck, killing the entire teenagers inside, federal investigators revealed.
“Witnesses reported the (automobile) made a ‘rolling cease’ on the cease signal and entered (the intersection)” earlier than the violent collision with the truck that was hauling rocks, in accordance to a Thursday assertion from Nationwide Transportation Security Board (NTSB) spokesperson Peter Knudson.
The kids, who ranged in age from 15 to 17, have been touring in a Chevrolet Spark that's designed to hold 4 passengers. Solely the driving force and the passenger have been sporting seatbelts, in line with a report by the Oklahoma Freeway Patrol.
The ladies have been recognized as Gracie Machado, Brooklyn Triplett, Austin Holt, Madison Robertson, Addison Gratz and Reminiscence Wilson, the Each day Mail reported, citing family and friends.
The driving force of the truck, Valendon Burton, 51, was sporting a seatbelt and was not injured within the wreck, the reason for which stays beneath investigation.
No legal fees have been filed within the crash, in line with the OHP.
All the women attended the tight-knit Tishomingo Excessive Faculty about 100 miles southeast of Oklahoma Metropolis. The highschool has an enrollment of simply 240 college students.
They have been out on lunch break on the time of the accident, in line with Superintendent Bobby Waitman.
The temper on the faculty was somber Wednesday, Waitman informed The Submit. A memorial service is scheduled on the faculty on Friday night time on the soccer stadium.
“They have been recognized, they weren't only a quantity,” Waitman stated. “They weren't simply one other scholar. These younger individuals have been liked by this neighborhood, and their loss is a superb one to everybody concerned.”
NTSB investigators are anticipated to finish on-scene work by Monday and supply a preliminary report on the crash inside 30 days. A closing report on the seemingly explanation for the collision is predicted in 12 to 24 months, in line with Knudson’s assertion.
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