A Louisiana state trooper found a semi-automatic handgun and 15.5 kilograms (34.2 lbs.) of cocaine worth more than $450,000 concealed in a compartment.
Highway 167 near Leblanc Road is closed due to a crash and ruptured natural gas line. State Police are working to get the gas line capped at this time.
The preliminary investigation revealed Dugas was operating a 2013 Dodge Ram 3500 eastbound on LA Highway 342. For unknown reasons, Dugas crossed the centerline then slightly over-corrected while steering to the right. Dugas' vehicle run off of the right side of the roadway, struck a ditch embankment then overturned...