Authorities in Massachusetts report that a crash involving an 18-wheeler on Monday has claimed the lives of two Massachusetts high school students.
According to a report from Authorities identified Jimmy McIntosh and Hannah Wasserman, both 18-year-old seniors at Concord-Carlisle High School, as the two that were killed in a car crash in Florida just before 9:30 p.m. The crash involved their SUV colliding with a tractor-trailer that was performing a U-turn in a paved median on U.S. 98 near Inlet Beach, Walton County.
According to the Fall River Reporter, a news outlet in Massachusetts reported that authorities say the rig was driven by a 19-year-old from DeFuniak Springs, Florida, and carrying a 23-year-old passenger from Panama City Beach, Florida.
Two other female seniors from Concord-Carlisle High School were injured.
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