MEC&F Expert Engineers : THIRD TRUCK PASSENGER DIES IN DESOTO PARISH COLLISION IN LOUISIANA INVOLVING PICKUP TRUCK AND TRAIN

Tuesday, February 17, 2015

THIRD TRUCK PASSENGER DIES IN DESOTO PARISH COLLISION IN LOUISIANA INVOLVING PICKUP TRUCK AND TRAIN








FEBRUARY 17, 2015




LONGSTREET, LA (KSLA) - 




A third person has died as a result of a collision between a truck and a train in DeSoto Parish on Monday.




Louisiana State Police Tpr. Matt Harris confirms that 35-year-old Hebert Barras III of Charenton, LA died overnight at University Health in Shreveport.




LSP investigators say Barras was a passenger in the truck driven by 23-year-old John Watson of Centerville, LA that drove into the path of a southbound Union Pacific freight train from an oilfield road on LA 5 south of Longstreet just before 1 p.m. Monday.




The train hit the truck on the driver's side and tossed it from the tracks.




Authorities say neither Watson, Barras or second passenger 24-year-old Michael Ryder II of Golddonna, LA were wearing seatbelts.




Watson and Ryder were pronounced dead at the scene.




Police say a toxicology sample was taken from Watson to be submitted for analysis but impairment is not suspected in the crash.




The wreck remains under investigation.