PHOENIX, AZ : 3 Arizona students returning from car event killed in crash on U.S. 70 near Pima, a rural community about 135 miles (217 kilometers) on Saturday, 22nd February, 2020

Three Arizona high school students enrolled in an automotive technology program were killed when a college van went off a highway on the way back from a professional drag racing event near Phoenix, officials said Saturday.

The van crashed Friday night on U.S. 70 near Pima, a rural community about 135 miles (217 kilometers) east of Phoenix, the state Department of Public Safety said in a statement. An adult was driving the van carrying seven high schoolers and one college student, the department said.

Two 16-year-old boys from the small towns of Thatcher and Fort Thomas and a 17-year-old boy from the tiny town of Duncan were ejected and killed when the van veered over the center line, went off the highway and rolled, the department and college officials said.

The driver and five other students suffered injuries that weren't life-threatening. None of the identities of the victims were released.

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