NTSB: Teenage Driver in Deadly Crash Had Cannabis in System

NTSB: Teenage Driver in Deadly Crash Had Cannabis in System
The scene of a deadly two-vehicle collision in Tishomingo, Okla., on March 22, 2022. Johnston County Oklahoma Sheriff's Office via AP
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TISHOMINGO, Okla.—The teenage driver of a small car that collided with a large truck in Oklahoma, killing all six occupants in the car, tested negative for alcohol but positive for cannabis after her death, according to a preliminary report released Thursday.

The teens were on a school lunch break in a Chevrolet Spark that is designed to carry four passengers when the collision happened in March in Tishomingo, about 100 miles southeast of Oklahoma City. The driver and all five passengers died in the crash.