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2877 2010-10-23 Troop C Fatal Crash in Lafourche Parish
LOUISIANA STATE POLICE
COURTESY LOYALTY SERVICE
Colonel Michael D. Edmonson, Superintendent

TROOP C- NEWS RELEASE
For Immediate Release
Date: October 22, 2010
Fatal Crash On LA 308 In Lafourche Parish Claims The Life Of A Seventeen –Year-Old

Lockport – On Friday, October 22, 2010 at 7:18 p.m., a crash on LA 308 at McCloud Rd. in Lafourche Parish claims the life of a seventeen-year-old from Cut Off, LA.

An unlicensed driver (W/F, 15 of Cut Off, LA) was operating a 2002 Chevrolet Cavalier northbound on LA 308 in Lockport, LA. The unlicensed driver for unknown reasons, failed to negotiate a left bank curve, ran off of the northbound lane, over corrected, and ran off of the northbound lane for a second time striking a utility pole. The unlicensed driver was wearing a seat belt and received moderate injuries. Right-front seat passenger, Edward Domangue (W/M, 17 of Cut Off, LA.) was wearing a seat belt and received fatal injuries. Both driver and passenger were transported to Ochsner St. Anne hospital by Acadian Ambulance.

Alcohol and drug use is not suspected; however, blood was drawn as per state law and results are pending from the Louisiana State Police Crime Lab. Chargers are pending and Troopers are continuing their investigation of the crash.

Contact Information:
M/T Bryan Zeringue
Public Information Officer
Louisiana State Police - Troop C
Office: (985) 857-3683
WWW.LSP.ORG

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