THIBODAUX, LA. (WGNO) – State Troopers are investigating a fatal, single vehicle crash on Choctaw Road just east of the Sixth Ward Middle School in Thibodaux.
According to investigators, 23-year-old Brent Sauce was traveling eastbound on Choctaw Road in a 2013 Chevrolet Silverado around 10:00 p.m. Thursday. For unknown reasons, Sauce crossed the centerline and ran off of the roadway to the left after entering a right curve.
The vehicle struck an embankment, overturned, then hit a tree. Sauce was not wearing his seat belt and was killed in the crash. Impairment is unknown at this time.
The investigation is ongoing.
By: Jeff Hamburger