In the LordanArts interview, this was brought up as a possible reason for him being on that road. Especially since Jason had possibly never driven that route before, it was only his first semester at college. He either had only driven it a few times with friends or had never driven it at all, I forget which was mentioned in the interview.
But either way, he was very unfamiliar with the area, it was the middle of the night in a rural town so street lights weren't abundant, and his navigation app stopped working for whatever reason.
IMO this leads to him missing a turn and then having the accident, possibly bc he was reaching for his phone which had fallen so he could try to get directions again (if there was even service). I don't believe there's any conspiracy to harm Jason, he's not involved in any risky behavior or any dangerous groups (the weed was a small amount according to his dad, who believes he was jsut experimenting like a lot of college kids do). He had an accident, which probably caused an internal head injury which left him conccused and disoriented, he wouldn't be thinking clearly at all. This could explain the weird parts of the accident scene, you just can't think straight with a concussion and possible other head injuries. It's likely he walked away, possibly trying to find help, and succomed to the elements/his injuries. The area is rural, mostly just empty land with lots of trees & brush, there's a few oil wells, and some cattle. Makes sense why he could be missed, it's a huge area to search & no search team is perfect (not criticizing the search at all, they did the best they could imo).