18-year-old Thibodaux man dies in car crash today along La. 308 in Assumption Parish
An 18-year-old Thibodaux man died today after the car he was driving struck a culvert along La. 308 in Assumption Parish, police said.
Gaige Talbot was driving a 2006 Mitsubishi Galant north near La. 1010 in Napoleonville about 3 a.m. when the car crossed the centerline, traveled off the road to the left and struck the culvert before coming to rest, State Police Troop C said in a news release.
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Talbot, who was not wearing a seat belt, was taken to a nearby hospital where he later died, police said.
A toxicology sample, required in all fatal crashes, was collected from Talbot and submitted for analysis.
Four fatalities in four separate crashes have been recorded so far this year in Troop C's coverage area.
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