Marlin, TX : Baylor student, recent graduate dead in crash on Tuesday morning July 29th 2014

Two people of a Baylor University student and a recent graduate — were killed when the pickup truck in which they were riding slammed into a tree beside a Central Texas highway.

Two other Baylor students were injured.

The crash happened about 9:30 a.m. Tuesday on Texas 7 about three miles east of Marlin near the town of Kosse (KAH'-see). Trooper D.L. Wilson of the Texas Department of Public Safety says the truck drifted off the road when the driver lost control of the vehicle.

A Baylor University statement identified the dead as driver John Patrick Stewart of Dallas, a junior instrumental studies major, and front-seat passenger Laura Onwudinanti of Grand Prairie, a recent music education graduate.

The Baylor statement says the four were headed to Louisiana State University.

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Baylor student and recent graduate killed, 2 Baylor students hurt when truck slams into tree