Early on Monday morning, April 18 a Lake Charles man died in a high speed car crash in Vermilion Parish.
According to State Police, the accident happened shortly before 12.30 a.m. on La. 339 near Reno road. Martin Hguyen, age 31 was driving a 2016 Chevrolet Corvette at a high rate of speed and he failed to negotiate a curve and drove off the right side of the roadway. The car flipped and his passenger, 30 year old Hoang Nguyen was partially ejected as he was not wearing a seat belt. He suffered fatal injuries and the driver, Martin Nguyen who was wearing a sea tbelt suffered moderate injuries and was taken to hospital.
At this time police suspect impairment as an additional factor in the crash along with the speed and toxicology samples have been taken and are pending analysis.
Police did not say whether the two men are related and the crash remains under investigation with charges pending.
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