Two 18-year-olds from Mass. killed, 2 others injured in Florida crash

Two 18-year-old high school seniors from Massachusetts were killed and two others were critically injured in a crash Monday night involving a tractor-trailer in the Florida Panhandle.According to a statement from Florida Highway Patrol, the crash occurred at 9:28 p.m. on U.S. 98, approximately one mile west of South Watersound Parkway, in Walton County. The four 18-year-olds were in a westbound vehicle when a tractor-trailer performed a U-turn in the paved median of the highway.The vehicle in which the 18-year-olds were traveling collided with the trailer, then traveled across the median and both eastbound lanes before coming to a rest off the south side of the highway, the FHP report states.A male driver and a female passenger were pronounced dead on the scene. They were identified as Concord-Carlisle High School seniors Jimmy McIntosh and Hannah Wasserman, according to Concord-Carlisle Regional School District Superintendent Dr. Laurie Hunter. Two other passengers, both female seniors at Concord-Carlisle High School, were critically injured. "We offer our deep condolences to the families and friends of Hannah and Jimmy during this unimaginable time. Their loss will be deeply felt by our school community as well as by so many families in Carlisle and Concord. We are also keeping the other two students in our thoughts and wish them strength and a swift recovery," Hunter said in a statement. The driver of the tractor-trailer, a 19-year-old Florida resident, and a passenger in that vehicle were not injured.