ZACHARY, La. (AP) — A crash in Louisiana has claimed the life of a 23-year-old Texas man.
The East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office said the accident occurred around 2:29 a.m. Sunday.
A sheriff's office spokeswoman said a truck, carrying Kevin Langston Shimek, of San Marcos, Texas, and three other occupants, was traveling at a high rate of speed when it left the roadway, crashed into a tree and overturned.
Deputies say Shimek was in the front passenger seat and not wearing a seatbelt. He was ejected from the vehicle and died at the scene.
The driver of the truck suffered serious, nonlife-threatening injuries, and the other two passengers were hospitalized with minor injuries.
Investigators say alcohol use is suspected as a factor in the crash.
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