Texas crash kills two college basketball players.

Texas crash kills two college basketball players. PARIS, Texas This article is about the city in Northeast Texas. For other uses, see Paris, Texas (disambiguation).Paris is a city located 98 miles (158 km) northeast of the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex in Lamar County, Texas, in the United States. (AP) -- A tractor-trailer rig broadsided a vancarrying a junior college basketball team, killing two players andinjuring the players and two coaches. Police said a preliminary investigation showed the drivers of twoNavarro College team vans had missed their turns in the journey back tothe Corsicana college after a victory at Paris Junior College Paris Junior College, or PJC, was founded in 1924 as a campus of Paris Independent School District in the U.S. state of Texas and currently counts three campuses: Paris, Greenville, and Sulphur Springs with a total enrolment of 4,000 students. . They wereattempting to backtrack when the wreck occurred late on a Monday nighton U.S. 271 in Northeast Texas. The dead were identified as Pa Sarr, 21, of Gambia, Africa; andJason Rashard Trier, 18, of Giddings, Paris Paris, in Greek mythologyParisor Alexander,in Greek mythology, son of Priam and Hecuba and brother of Hector. Because it was prophesied that he would cause the destruction of Troy, Paris was abandoned on Mt. , police spokesman ToddVarner said. The first van had made a U-turn just inside the city limits and thedriver of the second was turning to follow when the eastbound rig struckit, Varner said. Justice of the Peace Ernie Sparks pronounced one player dead at thescene after the 9:50 p.m. accident and another at Paris Regional MedicalCenter at 11:50 p.m. Sparks said the van, designed to carry 15passengers, was "busted to pieces." "The ones who were in there, I don't know how theysurvived, but they crawled out," Sparks said. "All the windowswere gene. It was lying on its side with the top side up." Varner said police had not yet been able to interview all thevans' drivers and passengers. Navarro College President Richard Sanchez said the school alsoplans to investigate the accident. "We are deeply saddened by the news of this terribleaccident," he said in a statement. He said the trustees will"pursue a proper investigation." Chris Gonzalez, a freshman from Chicago, was airlifted to ParklandMemorial Hospital Parkland Memorial Hospital is a hospital located at 5201 Harry Hines Boulevard, just west of Oak Lawn in Dallas, Texas (USA). HistoryThe original hospital opened in 1894 on a 17-acre meadow located at Oak Lawn Avenue and Maple. in Dallas, where he was in serious condition, ElijahCoppock, a sophomore from Columbus, Ga., was flown to Baylor UniversityMedical Center Baylor University Medical Center (BUMC) is located at 3500 Gaston Avenue in east Dallas, Texas (USA). Its medical services are often listed in the annual U.S. News & World Report compilation of Best Hospitals. in Dallas, where he was in serious condition. Varner identified the second van's driver as Bilal Batley, a21-year-old graduate assistant coach who was admitted to Paris Regional.Medical Center in serious condition. Coach Lewis Orr and player RobertoFlores, of Durango, Mexico, were hospitalized in serious condition, saidDerald Bulls, a marketing director. Charles Dotson of Humboldt, Tenn., was admitted in fair condition.Edward Horton of Shreveport, La., was released from the hospital. Varner said Orr was initially identified as the wrecked van'sdriver but later interviews showed that Batley was at the wheel. Varnersaid the U-turn in combination with a failure to yield to oncomingtraffic is a potential offense and the case may be reviewed by thecounty attorney's office. The driver of the tractor-trailer wasn't injured.