Six teenage students have been killed in a two-vehicle collision in southern Oklahoma, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol said Tuesday.
The students were in a passenger vehicle that collided with a semi about 12:30 p.m. in Tishomingo, a rural city of about 3,000 located about 100 miles southwest of Oklahoma City, according to OHP spokesperson Sarah Stewart.
The girls were eastbound on Oklahoma 22 when their vehicle was struck by a rock hauler that was approaching from the east on U.S. 377, OHP Trooper Shelby Humphrey told KXII-TV of nearby Sherman, Texas.
Maps show the intersection is at the end of a 90-degree curve of U.S. 377 from east to south. The girls’ car was making a right turn when it collide
d with the truck, Humphrey said.
Tishomingo Public School Superintendent Bobby Waitman said in a Facebook post that the district had “a great loss” involving students from the district’s high school.
“Our hearts are broken, and we are grieving with our students and staff,” said Waitman, who did not immediately return a phone call on Tuesday.
Waitman said counselors would be available at the high school throughout the night Tuesday and that school would be open on Wednesday with a focus on “the emotional well-being of our students.”
Four Texas high school students were killed in a two-car crash on Monday, authorities said.
The victims were all students at Community High School in Nevada, Texas, Lavon Police Department Chief Mike Jones tells PEOPLE.
The accident occurred around 5:45 p.m. near the intersection of State Highway 78 and Main Street. Three passengers in the second vehicle were also injured.
Those three passengers were transported to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries, Jones said.
Four Texas high school students were killed in a two-car crash on Monday, authorities said.
The victims were all students at Community High School in Nevada, Texas, Lavon Police Department Chief Mike Jones tells PEOPLE.
The accident occurred around 5:45 p.m. near the intersection of State Highway 78 and Main Street. Three passengers in the second vehicle were also injured.
Those three passengers were transported to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries, Jones said.