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Man killed in St. James Parish collision

Posted: Mar 22, 2013 7:29 AM by AP

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VACHERIE, La. (AP) - State police are investigating a fatal crash in St. James Parish.

Troopers say a 24-year-old Thibodaux man was killed Thursday afternoon when his pickup crossed the center line of La. Highway 20 near Vacherie and hit another pickup head-on.

Trooper Evan Harrell says Tommy Thibodaux, who was not wearing a seat belt, was pronounced dead at the scene by the St. James Parish Coroner's Office.

Sixty-one-year-old Gerald Torres, of Vacherie, who was using his seat belt, was taken to University Hospital in New Orleans for treatment of moderate injuries.

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