Investigators have not yet said why the teen was behind the wheel before the crash, which also killed him and his 38-year-old father in the truck.
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"Every two days we are killing the equivalent of a Boeing 737 crashing," he said, referring to highway fatalities from multiple causes."It's long overdue that we start to do something about it."Cash Hogen, a 60-year-old who runs a kitchen and hardware store in Pierre, South Dakota, recalled learning to drive a Ford Bronco"as soon as my feet hit the pedals" - probably around age 10.
"Certainly in rural areas there's a general trend of lower minimum driving ages," Van Tassel said."We see a lot of teen drivers have driving experience by the time they come to a formal driver's education course because they've been driving trucks or tractors or other vehicles on the farm. But when it comes to public roads, the laws are pretty clear: You can't be out there until you're legally eligible.
The truck veered across the center line into an oncoming transit van carrying the golf team from the University of the Southwest, in Hobbs, New Mexico. The boy and his father were killed, along with members of the golf teams and their coach. Gib Stevens, 57, of Hobbs, leads trucking operations for an oilfield servicing company. He said he himself started driving trucks at age 12 on dairy farms and quiet farm roads, but he said the road where the accident happened was clearly unsafe.
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