Six High School Girls Killed in Crash With Semi-Truck

Oklahoma authorities are investigating a car crash that left six teenage girls dead.

According to NBC News, the incident took place at around 12:30 p.m. local time Tuesday in Tishomingo, a small town located about 100 miles away from Oklahoma City. Officials say the high-schoolers were riding in a small passenger vehicle when they crashed into a semi-truck at the intersection of US Highway 377 and Oklahoma State Highway 22.

“We don’t know the full nature or details of what caused the crash, only that the car at some point was at this stop sign and that in the following moments the semi hit them,” an OHP official told KFOR. “When we got to the scene you could see the car about 100 feet or so from the intersection completely totaled. We’re not sure how much of that was caused by the crash or by emergency responders but the scene was heartbreaking.”

The Oklahoma Highway Patrol did not release the victims’ ages or names; however, Tishomingo Public School Superintendent Bobby Waitman confirmed they all attended Tishomingo High School, which has a student body of 230.

“We feel it is imperative that we inform you that our district has suffered a great loss today,” Waitman said in a statement posted on Facebook. “Our hearts are broken, and we are grieving with our students and staff.  We have counselors available to students presently. We also have space prepared at Tishomingo High School with counselors available through the evening.”