On Wednesday, August 20, 2025, at about 10:23 a.m., Jacksonville Police and Fire Departments responded to a two-vehicle crash in the 1200 block of East Rusk Street involving a white box truck and a silver SUV.
According to investigators, the box truck was traveling eastbound in the 1200 block of East Rusk Street in Jacksonville, TX, when the silver SUV failed to yield the right of way from a private drive and entered onto the roadway, causing the vehicles to collide.
The driver of the SUV, identified as Zara Jazmine Holmes, 18, suffered fatal injuries and was pronounced deceased at the scene by Justice of Peace Philip Grimes.
The driver of the box truck was not injured.
Jacksonville Police stated that the crash remains under investigation.
