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News Release – August 22, 2010

Following the completion of the crash investigation, criminal warrants were obtained on Parkman through Bienville Parish for two (2) counts of negligent injury and two (2) counts of failure to wear a seat belt.

On August 21, 2010, Louisiana State Police G contacted Parkman at his Shreveport home where he was arrested and later booked at the Caddo Correctional Center as a fugitive from Bienville Parish. Thereafter, Parkman was transported to Bienville Parish Sheriff’s Office and booked on the warrants.

The operator of the 2003 Dodge Ram truck, 33-year-old Patrick Christian of Gladewater, Texas and Parkman’s passenger, 22-year-old Ruth Pearce of Arcadia have been discharged from the hospital and are recovering at their respective homes.

Bienville - On August 12, 2010, at 3:42 p.m., Louisiana State Police Troop G responded to a two vehicle crash on Interstate 20 at mile post 62 in Bienville Parish which seriously injured an Arcadia woman and landed a reckless driver from Shreveport in a Bienville Parish jail.

According to investigating troopers, a witness observed 25-year-old Norman Parkman and his passenger, 22-year-old Ruth Pearce, driving west on Interstate 20 in a 2008 white Chevrolet Silverado truck at a high rate of speed. While the witness was reporting Parkman’s aggressive driving behavior to the local 911 operator, Parkman’s vehicle impacted the rear of a white 2003 Dodge Ram truck, operated by 33-year-old Patrick Christian of Texas. As a result the of impact, the 2003 Dodge Ram truck veered off the right side of the roadway, traveled down a grassy embankment, overturned, and came to rest upright in a tree line. The 2008 Chevrolet Silverado veered off the right side of the roadway, traveled down the grassy embankment, and came to rest in the tree line in close proximity of the 2003 Dodge Ram truck. Both vehicles simultaneously became engulfed in flames. Assisting motorist and law enforcement personnel were able to safely remove all parties from their vehicles and extinguish the fires.

Parkman, whose restraint use is unknown, was transported to Minden Medical Center with non-life threatening injuries. Pearce was unrestrained at the time of the crash and was airlifted to LSUMC with serious injuries. Christian was properly restrained at the time of the crash and was not injured.

Upon Parkman’s release from Minden Medical Center, he was booked at the Bienville Parish Jail for reckless operation of a vehicle.

Contact Information:
Tpr. Cordell Williams
Louisiana State Police
Public Affairs Unit
Office: (318) 741-7411
Cell: (318) 617-0638
cordell.williams@dps.la.gov