Trinity Christian Academy senior Jacob Halvorson died this evening of injuries from a Thursday traffic accident that also killed a USJ senior and injured two other teens, according to Jackson-Madison County General Hospital officials.

Halvorson, 18, was driving a pickup truck that went off Bascom Road and hit a tree at about 3 p.m. Thursday, according to Madison County Sheriff David Woolfork.


USJ senior Tom Talkington II died of his injuries Thursday. Talkington's family will receive friends from 3 to 7 p.m. Saturday at the clubhouse of Hidden Valley Golf Course, at 307 Henderson Road. A private service for family will be held Sunday.


Talkington's younger brother Marshall was also a passenger in the pickup. He was treated and released from the hospital.


The fourth boy, David Hopper, remains in critical condition today at Jackson-Madison County General.