13-Year-Old Driver Who Caused Deadly Texas Crash Had Just Burned Down His Parents' House Around Christmas

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This story just gets more and more shocking… We told you on Thursday about the tragic revelation that one of the drivers in that deadly crash in Texas on Tuesday was a 13-year-old. Ricky Siemens has now been identified as the teen who was driving the 2007 Dodge 2500 pickup truck that collided with a van carrying the UNW men’s and women’s golf teams on FM 1788, a short ways from Dallas.

In all, nine people perished in the crash — six students, their coach, Ricky, and his father Heinrich Siemens (38), who was in the passenger seat of the truck. Related: 22-Year-Old Woman Shared Video Of Final Moments Before Tragic Boat Accident The National Transportation Safety Board believe the truck was driving on a spare tire — always dangerous to do for very long, especially at highway speeds — when it blew, causing the truck to veer into oncoming traffic, hitting the van head-on.

We still have no idea why young Ricky — who was two years below the minimum age for driving with a learner’s permit — was behind the wheel at all, much less on the highway, at night, with a spare tire on the car.

The investigation is ongoing. Meanwhile, however, we’re now learning this is the second devastating accident for the Mennonite family in just four months.