One teen killed, two hurt in Garland crash
Police say none of the three teens in the vehicle had licenses. Carla Wade has more. Carla Wade, WFAA 5:44 p.m. CDT August 23, 2015
(Photo: Bryan Titsworth / WFAA)
GARLAND, TEXAS
On the day before school starts, one teenager was killed and two others were injured Sunday morning when their white sedan went off the pavement, knocked down a fire hydrant and then slammed into a utility pole on Walnut Street just east of Jupiter Road in Garland.
Two of the victims had to be extricated from the wreckage by rescue crews; one was found outside the car. Police said there were two 14-year-old survivors, one of whom is a student at Jackson Middle School; both were hospitalized with serious injuries. The other boy who survived was not enrolled in the Garland Independent School District, an official said. Their names were not released.
One teenager was killed and two others were seriously hurt when their car crashed into a utility pole in Garland. (Photo: Bryan Titsworth / WFAA)
Angel Blancas, 15, was taken to The Medical Center of Plano, where he later died. Blancas would have started his freshman year at Garland High School on Monday. It's not yet clear who was behind the wheel in the wreck across from the Walnut Plaza shopping center.
Grief counselors were being deployed to the two Garland schools for the first day of classes on Monday.
A bouquet of flowers was placed at the scene of Sunday's fatal crash in Garland. (Photo: Carla Wade / WFAA)
"Those teachers are going to have to draw within themselves and do a blended role of not only welcoming students back and maintaining that level of excitement," he said. "And also making sure they are there to help those who need it."
A girl who identified herself as Blancas' girlfriend said she didn't know where the boys were coming from so early in the morning, but they were likely headed home when the crash happened.
Police said none of the boys possessed a driver's license due to their age. Police also said the car was registered to a family member.
One teenage boy was killed and two others were injured in a crash in Garland on Sunday morning. (Photo: WFAA)