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On Tuesday around 4:30 p.m., a single-vehicle fatal crash occurred between Scott and Lafayette. Juan Carlos Hernandez of San Antonio, Texas, was unbuckled in the left rear seat when the truck he was riding in had a tire failure according to Louisiana State Police press release.
The driver lost control and the truck overturned in the median with the 29-year-old becoming ejected. He was pronounced dead at the scene by the Lafayette Parish Coroner s Office.
Two other rear seat passengers were unrestrained and transported to a hospital with moderate injuries. The driver and front-seat passenger were properly restrained and also transported to a hospital with moderate injuries.
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and last updated 2021-05-19 10:42:05-04
Monday was a really busy day for Lafayette s 911 operation.
Craig Stansbury, Director of the Lafayette Parish Communication District, said the day was typical and atypical at the same time. It was typical in that any time you have a major weather event, your calls will jump a lot. But with a typical major event, we will have warning. So it wasn t typical that we had no warning, Stansbury said. But the amount of calls we got, it was typical.
Since 5 p.m. Monday, 911 operators received 208 calls about vehicles stalled in water, and 65 calls from people asking for help to get out of their flooded vehicles or homes.