Teenage girl killed in Jack County accident
A 16-year-old girl from Bridgeport was killed, and three other teens were hurt in a one-vehicle wreck in Jack County early Sunday.
The Texas Department of Public Safety reported a pickup traveling north on U.S. Highway 281 failed to make a curve, skidded into a ditch, struck a fence and a tree and then rolled.
The 2001 Dodge Dakota crashed about 3 miles north of Perrin at 3:45 a.m.
The DPS said the girl was pronounced dead at the scene.
A 16-year-old boy from Paradise, who was the driver of the pickup, was taken to Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital in Fort Worth with incapacitating injuries, according to the DPS.
A 16-year-old boy and 14-year-old girl from Bridgeport were taken to Faith Community Hospital in Jacksboro with less serious injuries.
The girl who was killed was not wearing a seatbelt, according to the DPS. The 16-year-old boy from Bridgeport was also not wearing a seatbelt.
The 16-year-old boy from Paradise and the 14-year-old girl from Bridgeport were wearing seatbelts.
The DPS did not release any names as of Sunday.
This article originally appeared on Wichita Falls Times Record News: One teen killed, three hurt in Jack County accident
