Other articles by Jamar Younger:

Police seeking tot and her mother, 17 1,100 lbs. of pot in home leads to arrest Jim McNulty, congressman who made his home in political arena, dies at 83 Driver dies in I-19 rollover Electrical fire at trailer park sends 30 residents to hotel Police won't be charged in man's death at hotel Rogers submits resignation to districtTanque Verde superintendent submits resignation following arrest Police probe string of similar drugstore robberies MDA: Flu ends remaining summer camps

Construction
West-Press
Printing Health Care
Sierra Tucson
Eating Disorders Program Coordinator Finance and Accounting
Charles E. Gillman Company
Accounting Specialist Administrative & Professional
Jorgensen Brooks Group
Counselor Health Care
Dependable Health Services
Physical Therapists Health Care
CENTRAL ARIZONA COLLEGE
DIRECTOR OF HEALTH INFORMATION MANAGEMENT Sales and Marketing
Everready Glass
Sales Reps

Two people were killed and at least 15 people, including members of a high school cheerleading squad, were injured in a three-vehicle crash Friday afternoon on Interstate 10 southeast of Tucson, officials said.

The accident, near the Cochise County line, involved a 15-passenger van carrying San Manuel High School students, a car and a tractor-trailer rig. It occurred just before 5 p.m. at I-10 and Empirita Road, officials said.

Two people were dead at the scene, and there were numerous serious injuries.

According to the Arizona Department of Public Safety, the driver of the passenger van swerved to avoid a dog on the interstate. When the driver lost control and the van rolled in the median, an Acura car tried to slow down and was rear-ended by the tractor-trailer rig. Two occupants of the Acura died at the scene, officials said.

All the injured, 12 from the van, one from the Acura and two from the tractor-trailer rig, were taken to Tucson and Benson hospitals by helicopter and ground ambulances, according to a DPS e-mail.

Members of San Manuel High School's cheerleading squad were riding in the van on their way to a football game between their school and Tombstone High School, said Tombstone head coach Mike Hayhurst.

San Manuel's principal, who was riding behind the van, called Tombstone and asked for the game to be cancelled, Hayhurst said.

"The San Manuel kids (players) were real shook up," he said. "There was no way we could ask them to play football."

Once players from both teams heard about the crash, the Tombstone players went over to the San Manuel players and prayed with them, he said.

"It was kind of a rare sight, seeing high school age kids acting like that," he said. "Our hearts went out to them."

No information was available Friday night about conditions of those injured or the identities of the two people killed.

.