Students home for Spring Break in deadly crash involving suspected drunk driver

Four women home from college on Spring Break were hit by a suspected drunk driver and one has died.

MISSOURI CITY, TX -- At least one of four young Texas women home from college on Spring Break was killed when the students were struck by a suspected drunk driver early Sunday morning.

The women were driving home in a sedan from McDonald's in the Missouri City area. Police said they pulled out at a traffic signal to turn left onto Highway 6 when an oncoming truck struck their vehicle.
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The woman killed was identified as a 19-year-old Cayla Simple, according to police. She graduated from Hightower High School in 2016. A second student was transported to nearby hospital with unknown injuries, and authorities did not disclose the conditions of the other two women.

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Police said Simple was just minutes from home when the deadly crash occurred.