{"id":71435,"date":"2025-08-12T04:22:36","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T04:22:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/?p=71435"},"modified":"2025-08-12T04:22:36","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T04:22:36","slug":"five-friends-lost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/?p=71435","title":{"rendered":"Five Friends Lost\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"532\" height=\"677\" src=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-398.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-71436\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-398.png 532w, https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-398-236x300.png 236w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 532px) 100vw, 532px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Dallas Friends Lost in Tragic Birthday Trip Crash<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On July 25, 2025, five lifelong friends from Dallas \u2014 Thalia Salinas, Brianna Valadez, Ruby Cruz,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Desiree Cervantez, and Jacqueline \u201cJackie\u201d Velasco \u2014 died in a devastating car accident while traveling to celebrate a birthday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Texas Department of Public Safety reported that on U.S. Highway 281 in Burnet County, a truck hauling<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>a livestock trailer veered into oncoming traffic, hitting another vehicle before colliding with the women\u2019s SUV.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Their vehicle overturned and caught fire. Others involved sustained non-life-threatening injuries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A roadside memorial now marks the site, as the community grieves deeply. Thalia, the trip\u2019s planner, was thoughtful<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>and organized; Brianna, set to start nursing school, was known for her warm hugs; Ruby was fiercely loyal; Desiree,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>a recent graduate working at a law firm, was ambitious; and Jackie was remembered for her strength and gentle nature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Families have shared emotional tributes online, thanking the community for its support. Fundraisers and memorials are underway to help with funeral expenses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The investigation continues, with the truck driver\u2019s identity undisclosed and no charges filed. While nothing<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>can replace their presence, the five friends\u2019 love and memories endure in the hearts of all who knew them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/?p=71407\">also read&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dallas Friends Lost in Tragic Birthday Trip Crash On July 25, 2025, five lifelong friends from Dallas \u2014 Thalia Salinas, Brianna Valadez, Ruby Cruz, Desiree Cervantez, and&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":71436,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71435"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=71435"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71435\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":71437,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71435\/revisions\/71437"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/71436"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=71435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=71435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=71435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}