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7608 2008-12-31 Troop I Unrestrained Passenger Dies In Crash
LOUISIANA STATE POLICE
COURTESY LOYALTY SERVICE

Colonel Michael D. Edmonson, Superintendent

Unrestrained Passenger

Dies In Crash


December 30, 2008

Louisiana State Police – Troop I is currently investigating a two vehicle fatal crash, which occurred on LA 724 @ Landry Road within Lafayette Parish.

Twenty-five year old Brandon Cummings of Baton Rouge, La, was operating a 2008 Chevrolet Cobalt, east on Landry Road. Cummings failed to yield at the stop sign on Landry Road at LA 724. The Cummings vehicle was struck broadside by a 2008 Chevrolet truck driven by twenty-five year old Coy Duhon of Duson, La. A passenger in the Cummings vehicle, thirty-one year old Damion Powell of Rayne, La, was not wearing a seatbelt and was fatally injured in the crash. Cummings was transported to a local hospital with moderate injuries. Duhon was wearing a seatbelt at the time of the crash and was not injured.

Alcohol use is not suspected however; per Louisiana state law a blood and urine test were conducted on Cummings, and the results are pending at the Louisiana State Police Crime Lab in Baton Rouge, LA. Duhon consented to a breath test for alcohol and his test results were .000g%.


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Contact Information:
Tfc David Anderson
Louisiana State Police
Troop I Public Affairs
Office: 337-262-1917
www.lsp.org




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