Louisiana State Police Say New Iberia Man Dead After Crash in St. Martin Parish

ST. MARTIN PARISH, La. (KPEL News) - A New Iberia man dies only days before Christmas as a left curve on Louisiana Highway 347 in St. Martin Parish took his life Thursday afternoon.

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Louisiana State Police say they received the call shortly before 2:00 p.m. on December 21st that a man crashed a car north on LA 347 about two miles north of LA 96. Troopers say 59-year-old Douglas Reese Adams, despite being restrained, was pronounced dead at the scene by the St. Martin Parish Coroner's Office after his car struck a tree and fell into a ditch after he ran off the road.

A standard toxicology sample was submitted for analysis, and this crash remains under investigation.

Troop I has investigated 54 fatal crashes resulting in 59 fatalities in 2023.

Louisiana State Police Partnering With Mississippi Highway Patrol to Target Aggressive and Impaired Drivers Over Christmas/New Year's Holiday

Protecting our roads from aggressive and impaired drivers operating around commercial motor vehicles will be the focus of a joint effort between Louisiana State Police Transportation Safety Services and Mississippi Highway Patrol Motor Carrier Division as they will be

It's easy to think all vehicles operate like cars, but trucks and buses are much more difficult to maneuver, they have large blind spots and take far longer to stop," says a joint release. "Awareness of these differences and some simple adjustments can help everyone use the roads and keep everyone as safe as possible.

Check out the video below which shows how the initiative will work.