Suspect Re-arrested In Fatal Crash In East Feliciana

CLINTON, La. (AP) — State police have re-arrested the suspected drunken driver accused of killing five people in a May 30 head-on collision in East Feliciana Parish after a 15-year-old boy died over the weekend of injuries suffered in the crash.

District Attorney Sam D'Aquilla tells The Advocate (http://bit.ly/McTcbi ) 30-year-old Brett Gerald of Greensburg will likely remain in the Parish Prison until a bail hearing on June 12. Gerald had been released on bond on May 31.

Troopers Monday booked Gerald on a sixth count of vehicular homicide.

Trooper Russell Graham said Gerald was arrested in the death of 15-year-old Willie Gaines Jr. of Baton Rouge.

In addition to Willie Gaines Jr., the head-on collision claimed the lives of Brenda Gaines, Denise Gaines, Diamond Johnson, Jyran Johnson and Angela Mosely.