A vehicle carrying members of the University of the Southwest's golf teams collided head-on with a pickup truck in West Texas, killing multiple people, authorities said.
The vehicles collided Tuesday night in Andrews County and Sgt. Steven Blanco of the Texas Department of Public Safety told KWES-TV there were fatalities in both vehicles, but the number of dead wasn't immediately released.
“It’s a very tragic scene," Blanco said. "It’s very, very tragic.”
University president Quint Thurman said in a statement that Tyler James, who coached the men's and women's golf teams, was among those killed.
"We are still learning the details about the accident, but we are devastated and deeply saddened to learn about the loss of our students' lives and their coach," Thurman said, adding that two students had been airlifted to a hospital with serious injuries.