BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) -
The Louisiana
State Police said Thanksgiving proved to be a deadly holiday on roadways across
the state.
Troopers
reported 14 people died in 13 crashes during the week.
One of the
deadly wrecks was in the Baton Rouge area.
Reginald
Head, 29, of Maringouin died in a single-car accident on I-10 West near mile
marker 146, which is in West Baton Rouge Parish near the Iberville Parish line,
early Wednesday morning.
According
to reports, the car veered off the road and eventually ended up in some trees.
Investigators
believe speed was a factor in the crash.
LSP said
although Head was wearing his seatbelt, he was partially ejected.
The
Lafayette area saw the most deadly wrecks of anywhere else in the state.
Six people
died in six separate crashes. One of the victims was a pedestrian, while
another was a motorcyclist.
Two people
were killed in a wreck in the Lake Charles area.
Another
person was killed in an accident in the Alexandria area.
Two people
died in two crashes in the Monroe area.
Two other
people died in two wrecks in the Mandeville area.
Authorities
said seven of the people killed over the holiday were not properly buckled and
two of the crashes involved impaired drivers.
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Reginald Head, 29, of Maringouin died in a single-car accident on I-10 West.
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