Crash Report – Hwy 308 near McCloud Rd,
Lockport, LA
Report ID: 2024 June 8
NCIC#: Unknown
OFFICER ID#: Unknown
Traffic Unit(s) Involved: 2
Occupants: 4
Injuries/Fatalities: Yes
Vehicle Damage (If Any): Unknown but likely
Property Damage (other than vehicles): Unknown
Road Surface Condition: Unknown
Manner of Crash Impact (Single Vehicle, Angle, Left Turn, Rear-End, Head-On, Sideswipe, U-Turn, Other, Unknown): Head-on
Location of Pedestrian/Cyclist (If Any): N/A
Narrative
LOCKPORT, LA – A head-on crash along the highway in central Lafourche Parish killed three people and injured another on Saturday.
The incident occurred in the morning along LA-308 near McCloud Road in Lockport. This is about 50 miles southwest of New Orleans.
Police say that the driver of a southbound vehicle lost control while speeding, entered the northbound side of the highway, and collided head-on with a northbound vehicle.
Both the wrong-way driver and his passenger died in the crash. Authorities identified them as 55-year-old Ethelwaldo Dejesus and 30-year-old Braysi Pineda Zuniga.
A 49-year-old passenger from the northbound vehicle, identified as Page Abadie, also died in the accident.
Medics transported the northbound driver to a hospital with critical injuries.
A full investigation is underway.
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Reader’s Note: The sample provided above included details published by WDSU 6 and should NOT be used as an official Louisiana accident report.