UPDATE: The Newton teenager who was killed in an Oklahoma crash has been identified as 17-year-old Osiel Guzman-Garza. He was traveling to Texas with his family for a Labor Day weekend vacation when the crash occurred early Thursday. His parents were hospitalized in critical condition.
A GoFundMe page was established to help the family.
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The Newton school district has reported the death of a high school student in a crash in Oklahoma.
The Oklahoma Highway Patrol said the crash was reported around 6:20 Thursday morning on Interstate 35 in Payne County, east of Orlando. A passenger car went out of control and crashed, and a 17-year-old Newton boy was killed.
The driver of the car, a 51-year-old Newton woman, was critically injured along with a 56-year-old Newton man who was a passenger. They were taken to an Oklahoma City hospital. Another passenger, a 13-year-old Newton boy, was taken to a Stillwater hospital where he was treated and released.
At the request of family members, Newton school officials did not identify the student who was killed.
