MARLIN, Texas (AP) — Two people — a Baylor University student and a recent graduate — were killed when the pickup truck in which they were riding slammed into a tree beside a Central Texas highway.
Two other Baylor students were injured.
The crash happened about 9:30 a.m. Tuesday on Texas 7 about three miles east of Marlin near the town of Kosse (KAH’-see). Trooper D.L. Wilson of the Texas Department of Public Safety says the truck drifted off the road when the driver lost control of the vehicle.
A Baylor University statement identified the dead as driver John Patrick Stewart of Dallas, a junior instrumental studies major, and front-seat passenger Laura Onwudinanti of Grand Prairie, a recent music education graduate.
The Baylor statement says the four were headed to Louisiana State University.
