Texas crash latest tragedy for family of young driver, dad

By CEDAR ATTANASIO, JILL BLEED and ANITA SNOW
Associated Press

HOBBS, N.M. (AP) — Authorities investigating a fiery head-on crash in Texas don’t know why a 13-year-old boy was driving while his father sat in the passenger seat. Their pickup truck crossed into the oncoming lane Tuesday and collided with a passenger van, killing nine people. The teen who has not been identified died in the crash along with his father, Henrich Siemens, and six members of a New Mexico college golf team and their coach. Investigators say the truck’s left front tire, which was a spare, blew out before impact. It’s the latest tragedy for the family of the father and son, of Seminole, Texas. Community members first rallied around them in October, when a fire destroyed their home.