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 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 stationTwo passengers in the team van who survived the wreck were in critical condition Wednesday at a hospital in Lubbock, Texas, the school's statement said.
Blanco said the cause of the crash remains under investigation by the Texas Highway Patrol's West Texas Region. "It's a very tragic scene. Very very tragic," said Blanco, describing the crash when officers first arrived.James was in his first year as head coach of both the women's and men's golf teams, school officials said.