LOUISIANA STATE POLICE
COURTESY LOYALTY SERVICE
Colonel Michael D. Edmonson, Superintendent
News Release July 15, 2009 Motorcycle Driver Dies in Two-Vehicle Crash
A motorcycle driver has died in an early morning crash in Jackson Parish.
The crash occurred on LA 147, near Jonesboro, on July 15, 2009 at about 8:00 am. A 2008 Kawasaki motorcycle was traveling south on LA 147 when, for unknown reasons, the driver lost control of the vehicle and crossed the centerline. The motorcycle struck a 2005 Freightliner "18 wheeler" nearly head-on.
The driver of the motorcycle, identified as 48-year-old Mark Anderson from Quitman, LA, was pronounced dead at the scene by the Jackson Parish Coroner's Office. Anderson was wearing a helmet at the time of the crash. Impairment is unknown at this time pending toxicology tests.
The driver of the Freightliner, identified as 51-year-old Marshall McGrath from Winston Salem, NC, was not injured in the crash. Impairment is not suspected on the part of McGrath.
No citations were issued in the crash.
In 2009, Louisiana State Police Troop F Troopers have investigated twenty-one (21) fatal crashes resulting in twenty-three (23) deaths.
Contact Information,
Trooper First Class Mark Dennis
Louisiana State Police
Troop F Public Affairs
Office: (318) 345-2810
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