The following State Police press releases pertain to our area of north central Louisiana.
COURTESY LOYALTY SERVICE
Colonel Michael D. Edmonson, Superintendent
News Release September 30, 2010
Impairment Suspected in Serious Injury Crash
A West Monroe man is in serious condition after crashing his vehicle in Ouachita Parish.
On September 29, 2010 at about 7:30 pm, Louisiana State Police Troop F Troopers investigated the crash on LA 557 in Ouachita Parish. The investigation revealed that a 1998 Jeep was traveling south on LA 557 when the driver lost control of the vehicle and ran off the left side of the roadway. The Jeep then struck a ditch embankment and became airborne before striking a large tree.
The driver, identified as 38-year-old Dennis Twiner from West Monroe, was transported to St Francis Hospital in Monroe with life-threatening injuries. Twiner was not wearing his seat belt at the time of the crash. The investigating troopers believe that impairment is a factor in the crash and toxicology tests are pending.
Twiner was cited for driving while intoxicated, careless operation, driving with a suspended license, having an expired license plate and an expired inspection sticker.
Contact Information,
Trooper First Class Mark Dennis
Louisiana State Police
Troop F Public Affairs
Office: (318) 345-2810
News Release – October 3, 2010
Coushatta Teenager Critically Injured in Crash
Coushatta – On October 2, 2010, at 9:59 p.m., Louisiana State Police Troop G responded to a two vehicle crash on US 71, 2 miles north of LA 514, in Red River Parish. The crash critically injured an 18-year-old teenager from Coushatta.
According to investigating troopers, 18-year-old Travis Levi of Coushatta was traveling south on US 71 in a 1987 Ford F-150 truck when his vehicle, for unknown reasons, crossed the centerline into the path of a 2008 Mack truck traveling north. The driver of the Mack truck, 40-year-old Turner Jones of Coushatta, attempted to avoid the collision by steering to the right but was unable to. The front left portions of both vehicles collided within the northbound lane of travel. The Mack truck, which belongs to the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry, was carrying a bulldozer and responding to a fire within a wooded area of Red River Parish.
Levi, who was restrained at the time of the crash, was air lifted to LSU Medical Center in Shreveport with life threatening injuries. Jones was restrained at the time of the crash and was not injured. The bulldozer was loaded onto another Forestry truck and taken to its previously dispatched location to assist with containing a fire.
Impairment is not suspected to be a factor. Routine toxicology test results are pending and the crash remains under investigation.
Contact Information:
Tpr. Cordell Williams
Louisiana State Police
Public Affairs Unit
Office: (318) 741-7411
Cell: (318) 617-0638
cordell.williams@dps.la.gov
