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2610 2010-02-15 Troop C Fatal Crash Grand Isle P.D. Dispatcher
LOUISIANA STATE POLICE
COURTESY LOYALTY SERVICE
Colonel Michael D. Edmonson, Superintendent

TROOP C- NEWS RELEASE
For Immediate Release

Date: February14, 2010
47 Year Old Grand Isle Woman Dies in Crash

Grand Isle – On Sunday, February 14, 2010 at 11:08 p.m., a single vehicle crash on LA 1 at Oliver Lane in the corporation limits of Grand Isle, LA., in Jefferson Parish claimed the life of a 47 year old female of Grand Isle, LA.

Lori Santiny (W/F, 47 of Grand Isle, LA) was operating a 2009 Mitsubishi Outlander, northbound on LA 1 in Grand Isle, LA. when she ran off of the southbound lane striking a cement culvert; at which time, the vehicle continued off the roadway, overturned striking a utility pole and coming to rest in a ditch.

Santiny, who was not wearing a seatbelt, was ejected from the vehicle and received fatal injuries. Santiny was pronounced dead at the scene.

Alcohol use and speed is suspected to be a factor in the crash. Blood results are pending from the Lafourche Parish Coroner’s Office. No charges filed. Troopers are still continuing their investigation.

Louisiana state law requires everyone in a vehicle to wear seat belts. Statistics show that the safest place to be when a vehicle overturns is INSIDE the vehicle. The only way to ensure this is to be properly restrained inside the vehicle. Please remember to Buckle Up and don’t drive under the influence of Alcohol and / or Drugs.

Contact Information:
M/T Bryan Zeringue
Public Information Officer
Louisiana State Police - Troop C
Office: (985) 857-3683
Cell: (985) 855-0241
Bryan.Zeringue@dps.la.gov
WWW.LSP.ORG

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