NTSB: 13-Year-Old Boy Was Driving Truck In Crash That Killed A Westminster Man And 8 Others In Texas

HOBBS, N.M. (AP) --  A 13-year-old boy was driving the pickup truck that crashed into a van in West Texas killing nine people, according to the National Transportation Safety Board. Investigators say the truck's left front tire -- which was a spare tire -- blew out before the collision.

The pickup crossed into the opposite lane on a dark, two-lane highway and collided head-on with a van.

The crash kill the boy, a man traveling with him, six New Mexico college students and a golf coach. Jackson Zinn, 22, from Westminster, was among the victims.

One must be 14 in Texas to start taking classroom courses for a learner's license and 15 to receive that provisional license to drive with instructor or licensed adult in the vehicle.

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