June Jones Killed in Highway 12 Crash in Orange County
June Jones ID’d as Woman Killed in Orange County Crash on Highway 12 near State Highway 62
Orange County, Texas (April 6, 2023) – Authorities have identified the woman who died following a traffic crash on Thursday evening in Orange County has been identified as June Jones, 47, of Silsbee.
According to the Texas Department of Public Safety, the crash happened at around 5:15 p.m. on Highway 12, approximately one mile east of State Highway 62 in the Mauriceville area.
DPS said a 1998 Ford pickup was heading eastbound on Highway 12 when a 2021 Dodge passenger car traveling on the east shoulder and made a U-turn in front of the pickup.
The pickup reportedly hit the passenger car on its driver’s side.
The driver of the passenger car, now identified as Jones, was pronounced dead at the scene. Her passenger was taken to a hospital in unknown condition.
The pickup driver was taken to CHRISTUS St. Elizabeth Hospital with unspecified injuries.
The crash caused a traffic snarl-up from Mauriceville toward Deweyville.
Further details regarding the collision were immediately provided.
The crash remains under investigation.
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