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3498 2010-04-05 Troop D Fatal Crash in Calcasieu Parish
LOUISIANA STATE POLICE
COURTESY LOYALTY SERVICE

Colonel Michael D. Edmonson, Superintendent

News Release – Troop D

April 5, 2010

Tennessee Man Dies from Injuries Sustained in Crash on I-10

VINTON - On April 1, 2010, at 8:28 p.m., Louisiana State Police Troop D investigated a one vehicle critical injury crash on I-10 west bound near mile post 9.6 east of Vinton in Calcasieu Parish. The crash occurred when a 2000 Freightliner driven by 67 year old Leon Shackelford of Cumberland Gap, Tennessee, left the roadway for unknown reasons, traveled through a ditch, then struck a tree. Shackelford was transported to West Cal-Cam Hospital where he succumbed to his injuries at 6:00 a.m. on Saturday, April 3, 2010.

A passenger in the vehicle, 29 year old Alicia Goss of Cumberland Gap, Tennessee, sustained moderate injuries in the crash. Goss was not wearing a seatbelt. The crash remains under investigation.

This is the seventh fatality crash investigated by Louisiana State Police Troop D this year.

Contact Information:
Sgt. James Anderson
Louisiana State Police
Public Affairs Unit
Office: (337) 491-2932
james.anderson@dps.la.gov
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