| id | cleanReleaseDate | troopName | title |
| 6127 | 2010-08-23 | Troop G | Unrestrained Passenger Ejected in Rollover Crash |
| LOUISIANA STATE POLICE COURTESY LOYALTY SERVICE Colonel Michael D. Edmonson, Superintendent News Release – August 23, 2010 Unrestrained Passenger Ejected in Rollover Crash Dixie Inn - On August 22, 2010, at 6:35 p.m., Louisiana State Police Troop G responded to a single vehicle rollover crash on Interstate 20, at mile post 44 just east of US 371 in Webster Parish. The crash claimed the life of a 41-year-old woman from Huntsville, Alabama and injured the driver as well as one additional occupant. According to investigating troopers, a 1996 Ford Explorer operated by 25-year-old Jenna A. Dow of Somerville, Alabama was traveling east on Interstate 20 at mile post 44 with passengers James A. Cooper, 79-year-old from Somerville, Alabama, Julio Alvarez (unknown age) of Huntsville, Alabama and 41-year-old Loure Hamrick of Huntsville, Alabama, when the left rear tire of the vehicle suffered tire failure. As a result, Dow lost control of the vehicle, traveled off the right side of the roadway and overturned ejecting Hamrick from the left rear seat of the vehicle. Hamrick, who was unrestrained at the time of the crash, was airlifted to LSUMC where she was pronounced deceased. Dow and Cooper, who were both restrained at the time of the crash, were transported to Minden Medical Center with minor injuries. Alvarez was properly restrained and was not injured from the crash. Routine toxicology test results are pending and the crash remains under investigation. Tire failure is suspected to be a factor in the crash. Troop G troopers have investigated 27 fatal crashes for the year of 2010, resulting in 30 fatalities.
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