Coach, 6 members of college golf team among 9 killed in head-on Texas crash
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The head coach and six members of the University of the Southwest men's and women's golf teams were among nine people killed in a head-on vehicle crash in Texas.
The head coach and six members of the University of the Southwest men's and women's golf teams were among nine people killed in a head-on vehicle crash in Texas, authorities said.
The crash occurred Tuesday night near Midland, Texas, and only two people aboard the college team's van survived, according to a statement from the University of the Southwest in Hobbs, New Mexico.
The college confirmed that Tyler James, the head coach of both the men's and women's golf teams, was among those killed. The coach and his teams were returning home from a tournament in Midland when the crash occurred, according to the school's statement.
"The USW campus community is shocked and saddened today as we mourn the loss of members of our university family," school officials said in the statement to ABC affiliate station KMID in Midland.
