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.