Car carrying 6 teens killed in Oklahoma crash rolled through stop sign: NTSB - New York Post

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The small, four seat car with six high school girls packed inside rolled through a stop sign at an Oklahoma intersection before it was struck by a semi-truck, killing all of the teens inside, federal investigators said.

“Witnesses reported the (vehicle) made a ‘rolling stop’ at the stop sign and entered (the intersection),” before the violent collision with the truck that was hauling rocks, according to a statement from NTSB spokesperson Peter Knudson.

The teens, who ranged in age from 15 to 17, were traveling in a Chevrolet Spark that is designed to carry four passengers. Only the driver and the passenger were wearing seat belts, according to a report by the Oklahoma Highway Patrol.

The girls were identified as Gracie Machado, Brooklyn Triplett, Austin Holt, Madison Robertson, Addison Gratz and Memory Wilson, the Daily Mail reported, citing friends and family.

The driver of the truck, Valendon Burton, 51, was wearing a seatbelt and was not injured in the wreck, the cause of which remains under investigation. 

No criminal charges have been filed in the crash, according to OHP.

Gracie Machado was killed in the Oklahoma crash.

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Memory Wilson was one of the teenagers killed in the crash.

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Madison Robertson was also killed in the deadly crash.

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Addison Gratz was another passenger killed in the car crash.

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Austin Holt was one the teens inside the car.

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Brooklyn Triplett was one of the six teens involved in the fatal crash.

Brooklyn Triplett/Facebook

All of the girls attended the tight-knit Tishomingo High School about 100 miles southeast of Oklahoma City. The high school has an enrollment of just 240 students.

They were out on lunch break at the time of the accident, according to Superintendent Bobby Waitman.

The mood at the school was somber Wednesday, Waitman told The Post. A memorial service is scheduled at the school on Friday night at the football stadium. 

“They were known, they were not just a number,” Waitman said. “They were not just another student. These young people were loved by this community, and their loss is a great one to everyone involved.”

NTSB investigators are expected to complete on-scene work by Monday and provide a preliminary report on the crash within 30 days. A final report on the likely cause of the collision is expected in 12 to 24 months, according to Knudson’s statement.

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A memorial is set up after six high school students died Tuesday, March 22, when their car collided with a tractor-trailer near Tishomingo, Oklahoma.

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The scene where six high school students were killed in a crash.

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The deadly crash occurred about 12:30 p.m. in the rural town of Tishomingo, 45 miles north of the Texas border, according to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol.

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Only the driver and the passenger were wearing seat belts, according to a report by the Oklahoma Highway Patrol.

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The skid marks of a vehicle are seen following a collision which led to the deaths of the teens.

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