1 dead and 3 injured in accident in Jack County

JACK COUNTY, Texas (KAUZ) – One person has been confirmed dead in Jack County after the driver of a 2001 Dodge Dakota failed to negotiate a curve.

According to the Texas Department of Public Safety, the accident occurred on US-281 at 3:45 a.m. Sunday morning. The vehicle, with three passengers, left the roadway, entered a ditch and crashed into a fence and a tree.

The vehicle then overturned onto the driver’s side and came to a stop.

One of the passengers, a 16-year-old woman who was not wearing a seatbelt, was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident.

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