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Sec.1 1ler Morning Telegraph TUESDAY, AUGUST 21, 2001 Two Dimmit Students Killed; Eight Injured In Pickup Rollover liaEEto hta-ato umm AMARILLO (AP) Eight teenagers remained hospitalized Monday after being thrown from a in a rollover accident near Amarillo that killed two other teens, officials said. Stacy Saenz, 18, and Casey Vil- lanueva, 16, both of Dimmitt, were dead at the scene of the crash, which happened about 2:30 a.m. Sunday just south of Dimmitt, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety. Saenz was trapped in the cab of the 2000 model Chevrolet pickup; I Villanueva was ejected in the crash, as were all eight of the t. injured, said DPS information offi-l cer Wayne Bieghle.

Beighle said the pickup, driven by Jake Laurent, 17, was traveling north at a high rate of speed when it struck a small dip in the road, causing the driver to lose control. The vehicle ran off into the east ditch and struck a power pole. The six boys in the bed of the pickup and the three boys in the cab all were ejected. Two of the injured were in critical condition Monday, and six were in stable condition. Alcohol and high speed were Buspected as contributing factors, Beighle said.

Beighle said the bodies of Saenz and Villanueva were taken to Lubbock for autopsies. Injured were: Clay Eby, 17, taken to North west Texas Hospital in Amarillo with head injuries, reported Monday in critical condition; Andy Sais, 15, taken to the burn intensive care unit of University Medical Center in Lubbock, reported in critical condition; Matthew Gauna, 17, taken to Plains Memorial Hospital in Dimmitt, chest and abdominal injuries, transferred to Covenant, reported stable; Laurent, taken to Plains with a head injury, then transferred to Covenant Medical Center, Lubbock, reported stable; Kenneth Worsham, 16, taken to Plains with a fracture, transferred to Covenant, reported sta-ble; Lupe Cisneros, 17, remained Monday in Plains, contusions, stable; Anthony "Dltivero, 19, Plains, minor injuries, stable; Juan Gonzales, 18, Plains, minor injuries, stable. A law passed this spring that takes effect Sept. 1 bans children under 18 from riding in open beds of pickup trucks on Texas' public roads. A violation is a misdemeanor punishable by up to a $500 fine; Dimmitt is 55 miles southwest of Amarillo.

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