TEMPLE, Texas (KWTX) - A Central Texas community is mourning the loss of Ty Jackson, a beloved graduate and former student athlete at Lake Belton High School who was killed in a head-on collision earlier this week.

Jackson was reportedly one of five seniors from the first graduating class for Lake Belton baseball in 2023.

“A tremendous young man gone way too soon. Our hearts and prayers go out to Ty’s parents David and Tasha, his family and friends. He will forever be a part of our Bronco family,” the Lake Belton High School Athletics Booster Club wrote in a social media post.

In a GoFundMe account set up to help his family , Ty’s grandmother wrote he was a “bright and shining star, whose smile and great sense of humor always kept me on my toes.”

“I loved watching him grow up; he

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