A two-vehicle fatal crash on U.S. 167 south of La. 697 in Vermilion Parish took the lives of Alana Duhon, 16, of Abbeville and Sydney Colomb, 15, of Maurice, according to a news release from Louisiana State Police Troop I.
The wreck occurred about 7:30 p.m. Sunday.
State Police state the crash occurred as 20-year-old Tyler J. Meaux of Kaplan was traveling south in the northbound lanes of U.S. 167 in a 2013 Ford F-150. At the same time, Duhon was traveling north in the left hand lane of U.S.167 in a 2012 Honda Civic.
Police said the F-150 struck the Civic head-on.
Despite the fact that she was properly restrained, Duhon suffered fatal injuries as a result of the crash. Impairment on her part is not suspected. Colomb was a rear seat passenger in the Civic. She was unrestrained and suffered fatal injuries. Two teenage male passengers in the Civic were transported from the scene to Lafayette General Medical Center with moderate injuries.
Meaux was unrestrained at the time of the crash but suffered only minor injuries. Police said that after the crash, Meaux fled the scene on foot. Meaux was located a short time later on U.S. 167 and taken into custody. Impairment on his part is suspected, and a toxicology sample was taken from him to be submitted to the Louisiana State Police Crime Lab for analysis, police stated.
Meaux was placed under arrest and booked into the Vermilion Parish Jail for two counts of vehicular homicide, two counts of first-degree vehicular negligent injuring, reckless operation of a vehicle, hit and run driving, one way roadways, and no seat belt, police stated.