A 19-year-old Baton Rouge woman, Shelby Bersuder, died in single-vehicle wreck on La. 104 west of U.S. 190 at about 11 p.m. Friday, according to a news release from Louisiana State Police Troop I.
Bersuder was driving a 2003 Ford Ranger east on La. 104 when she failed to negotiate a curve, crossed the centerline, and overcorrected, police said. The vehicle entered a south ditch, struck a levee for a crawfish pond, overturned, and came to rest on its roof in the pond, police.
Bersuder, who was properly restrained, was pronounced dead at the scene by a St. Landry Parish Coroner's Office representative. It is unknown if impairment was a factor, and standard toxicology tests are pending, police said.
This is the second fatal crash investigated by Troop I in 2017.