Sunday, February 22, 2015

EXCESSIVE SPEED MIGHT HAVE BEEN FACTOR IN SINGLE TRUCK CRASH THAT KILLED 1 IN EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH, LOUISIANA. HE WAS NOT WEARING A SEAT BELT AND DIED AT THE SCENE.




FEBRUARY 22, 2015
BATON ROUGE, LA

A 40-year-old man was killed Sunday morning in East Baton Rouge Parish when his truck left the highway on Greenwell Springs Road near Zachary and landed flipped over in a ditch after striking both an embankment and a tree, according to Louisiana State Police.

Killed was Lawrence Clay Jr. of Baton Rouge, who was driving a 2003 Dodge Ram north on Greenwell Springs Road, also known as Louisiana 37, when the accident occurred. Police were dispatched around 7:45 a.m. to the scene near the intersection of Pride-Baywood Road.

State Police said in a statement that as Clay's truck approached a curve on the left, it ran off the highway to the right. After leaving the road, the truck entered a ditch and struck an embankment, then a tree. The Dodge came to rest upside-down in a ditch.

The statement says excessive speed might have been a factor in the crash. Clay was not wearing a seat belt. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Driver impairment is unknown, but a routine toxicology sample was taken for testing.