JENNINGS, LA – An 18-year-old male and a 17-year-old male died Saturday night when a vehicle struck them on Interstate 10 in east Jefferson Davis Parish, KATC 3 reports.
Police say the incident happened around 11:15 p.m. on the south frontage road for I-10 near North Thibodeaux Road. The two teens experienced car trouble and stopped to receive help from a family member. The driver of a Jeep failed to see the teens and struck them as they stood along the frontage road.
Authorities do not suspect impairment on the part of the Jeep driver, but the accident remains under investigation.
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