The six highschool women who have been killed in a crash with a semi-truck in Oklahoma on Tuesday afternoon have been recognized in a brand new report.
Gracie Machado, Brooklyn Triplett, Austin Holt, Madison Robertson, Addison Gratz and Reminiscence Wilson have been revealed because the teenage victims who died the horrific crash on a rural freeway, the Day by day Mail stated, citing family and friends.
The teenagers, who vary in age from 15 to 17, have been packed right into a four-seat compact automobile that was obliterated by the semi-truck in Tishomingo.
It was unclear who the 16-year-old driver was, however solely she and her 17-year-old front-seat passenger have been sporting seatbelts, in keeping with an Oklahoma Freeway Patrol crash report obtained by The Submit.
The motive force of the truck, Valendon Burton, 51, was sporting a seatbelt and was not injured within the wreck, the reason for which stays underneath investigation.
No legal costs have been filed within the crash, OHP spokeswoman Sarah Stewart stated.
All of the teenage victims attended the tight-knit Tishomingo Excessive College, which has solely 240 college students enrolled.
The temper on the college, positioned 45 miles north of Texas, was somber Wednesday, Superintendent Bobby Waitman advised The Submit.
“We’re open as a result of we really feel like the varsity is a spot the place a lot of our college students need to be and we really feel like they want one thing fixed of their lives,” Waitman stated. “Lots of them should be with one another right now.”
Waitman didn’t verify the woman’s identities, however stated they have been well-known by fellow college students and concerned in lots of actions.
“They have been recognized, they weren’t only a quantity,” Waitman stated. “They weren’t simply one other scholar. These younger folks have been cherished by this neighborhood, and their loss is a good one to everybody concerned.”
Triplett was an “wonderful child” and “one hell of a [soft] ball participant,” in keeping with an internet fundraiser to pay for funeral bills.
Holt was lively in Future Farmers of America and loved exhibiting off her prized hogs, the Mail reported.
A vigil for the scholars was scheduled at the highschool on Friday, in keeping with the report.
