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4870 2016-02-16 Troop F Passenger Succumbs to Injuries after Two-Vehicle Crash in Morehouse Parish

TROOP F NEWS RELEASE

February 16, 2016

Passenger Succumbs to Injuries after Two-Vehicle Crash in Morehouse Parish

Bastrop, LA—A Monroe man died last night due to injuries he sustained in a head-on crash on February 14, 2016.

Shortly before 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, February 14, 2016, Troopers assigned to Louisiana State Police Troop F responded to a two-vehicle crash on Louisiana Highway 139 approximately 4 miles south of the city of Bastrop.

The initial investigation by State Police revealed 28-year-old Alex McQuillin of Bastrop, LA was driving a 2006 Chevrolet Silverado north on LA 139. For unknown reasons, the vehicle traveled into the southbound lane of LA 139 and struck a 2015 Ford Van driven by 56-year-old Donald Sledge of Bastrop, LA.

A passenger in the Van driven by Sledge, 24-year-old Larron Jackson of Monroe, was taken to a local hospital where he died last night due to his injuries.

A toxicology sample was obtained and will be submitted for analysis. The crash remains under investigation.

In 2016, Troop F has investigated 5 fatal crashes resulting in 5 deaths.

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S/T Michael Reichardt
Louisiana State Police
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