No Seat-belt Fatalities

State Police are investigating two fatal crashes in Acadiana within 24 hours of each other. 

Both victims were not wearing seat belts.

State Police trooper Stephen Hammons tells KPEL news the outcome may have been different if drivers were wearing their seat belt.

A New Iberia man was killed after his car was hit at the intersection of Neko Town Road and U-S 90 in Iberia Parish overnight.  He was not wearing a seat belt.

40 year old Marcus Sonnier of Lafayette was killed yesterday evening after his Ford Explorer veered off of LA-1252 and slammed into a culvert.  State Police say alcohol was involved.  Sonnier was not wearing a seat belt  .

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