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2539 2009-10-01 Troop C Un-belted Driver Ejected and Killed in Assumption Parish Crash
LOUISIANA STATE POLICE
COURTESY LOYALTY SERVICE
Colonel Michael D. Edmonson, Superintendent

TROOP C- NEWS RELEASE
For Immediate Release

Date: October 1, 2009
Un-belted Driver Ejected and Killed in Assumption Parish Crash

Labadieville- Yesterday evening at approximately 7:30 PM, a Napoleonville man was killed in a single vehicle crash when his pickup truck went off the roadway ejecting the driver.

A 2005 Chevrolet Silverado, driven by Lanny Davis (W/M, 29, of Napoleonville) was southbound on LA 308 just north of the Lafourche Parish line traveling at a high rate of speed. The Chevrolet went off the roadway to the right in a slight left curve. Davis overcorrected his vehicle to the left and subsequently crossed the center line and exited the left side of the roadway. His vehicle struck a culvert and came to rest in an open field.

Davis was not wearing his seat belt. He was ejected from the vehicle and was pronounced dead on the scene. Alcohol/ drug use is unknown at this time pending toxicology results from the Assumption Parish Coroner’s Office. This crash occurred on Wednesday, September 30, 2009 at approximately 7:30 PM. Tpr. Burnell Dedeaux is continuing his investigation.

Contact Information:
TFC Gilbert Dardar Jr.
Public Information Officer
Louisiana State Police - Troop C
Office: (985) 857-3683
Cell: (985) 855-0241
Gilbert.Dardar@dps.la.gov
WWW.LSP.ORG

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