Authorities said Tuesday that they were investigating to find out who supplied alcohol to three teens involved in a fatal car accident this month following toxicology reports that showed at least two had been drinking at the time of the crash.

Normangee brothers Gus Benavides, 18, and Dillon Benavides, 16, died early Aug. 3, along with 15-year-old Alex Dicky.

A medical examiner's reports show that the driver of the vehicle, Dillon Benavides, had a blood alcohol content level of .12. Alex Dicky's blood alcohol content level was .08 at the time of the crash, said Peter Scheets, Bryan assistant police chief.

The legal drinking age in Texas is 21, so whoever gave the young people the drinks could at the least face charges of supplying alcohol to a minor. It's also illegal to drive with a blood alcohol content of .08 or more.

Blood test results for Gus Benavides were not available Tuesday. Scheets said he did not know why those results were taking longer to determine.

"It's unknown at this time where they got the alcohol or where they drank it," Scheets said.

The 2006 Mazda RX8 in which the teens were riding burst into flames after it crashed into a tree at the entrance into Bryan's Copperfield subdivision around 4 a.m. A beer keg was found in the back seat of the vehicle following the crash, authorities said.

Officials with the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission would continue looking into whether the teens got alcohol at a party they attended that night, Scheets said.

"There won't be any charges stemming from our investigation," Scheets said. "TABC is doing an independent source investigation as to where the alcohol came from. They may have charges stemming from their investigation."

Alex Dicky's brother Carroll Wayne Dicky II, who was at first considered a "person of interest" by Bryan police, has been classified as a witness in the investigation, Scheets said.

Scheets said the brother was in a second car at the scene of the accident but Scheets declined to give details about why he was at the scene or what he saw.

"He was fully cooperative with our investigation," Scheets said.

Officials with the TABC could not be reached Tuesday evening.

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