Early on Saturday morning, August 8, two people died in a single vehicle accident in East Feliciana Parish.
According to Louisiana State Police, the accident happened at around 4 a.m. on Louisiana Highway 19, just north of LA 956.
Tasha Whitfield, aged 26 of Jackson, Louisiana, was driving northbound on LA 19 when for reasons as yet unknown, she drifted across the center line and then ran off the left side of the road. The vehicle went on to hit a concrete abutment and it caught fire. Whitfield and a passenger, 41 year old Joyce Williams of Clinton, were trapped inside the vehicle and were later pronounced dead at the scene.
A second passenger escaped from the burning vehicle with moderate injuries and was taken to Our Lady of the Lake Hospital.
The crash remains under investigation.
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