UPDATE: The driver who died has been identified as 41-year-old Richard Stutes Jr.
UPDATE: Piat Road is open to traffic as of 4:30 p.m.
The Lafayette Parish Sheriff’s Office investigated a fatal crash in the 700 block of Piat Road in Youngsville Tuesday afternoon.
Three vehicles were involved in the crash, which occurred at approximately 12:45 p.m. on Tuesday.
One person was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of a second vehicle was transported to a local hospital for treatment. A third driver was not injured.
Piat Road was closed for several hours Tuesday afternoon between Austin Road and Egret Road while the Sheriff’s Crash Reconstruction Team conducted an investigation.
