A Texas man with meth in his system, not his 13-year-old son, was behind the wheel of a truck that crossed into the opposite lane and collided head-on with a van carrying college golf teams from New Mexico, killing nine people, they said. investigators on Thursday. Initial findings indicated that the 13-year-old boy was driving the truck on a two-lane road in West Texas when he struck the truck carrying Southwestern University’s men’s and women’s teams and coaches, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said. he said two days after the March 15 clash. On Thursday, the NTSB said DNA testing confirmed the boy’s father, 38-year-old Henrich Siemens, was driving the pickup. A toxicology test also showed the presence of methamphetamine in Siemens’ blood. The golfers were returning to New Mexico from a golf tournament at Midland College when the crash happened in Andrews County, which is about 30 miles east of the Texas-New Mexico border. FLASHBACK: MULTIPLE DEAD IN TEXAS BUS ACCIDENT SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY GOLF TEAMS The head-on collision happened around 8:20 p.m. on a two-lane road in Andrews County, Texas, on March 15. (KWES via AP) Siemens and his son died in the crash along with six members of the men’s and women’s golf teams and their coach. A golfer drives past a makeshift memorial at Rockwind Community Links on March 16, 2022, in Hobbs, New Mexico. The memorial service was for the University of the Southwest golf students and coach who were killed in a crash in Texas. (AP Photo/John Locher, File) CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP The University of the Southwest is a private, Christian college located in Hobbs, New Mexico, near the state border with Texas. The Associated Press contributed to this report.
