A pregnant EMS provider and a patient died when their ambulance collided with a Coca-Cola truck and another vehicle on Tuesday.
The accident happened in Pointe Coupee on LA 1 near Deaton Lane. Kymber Nezat, 28, Baton Rouge and Albert Bordelon, 82, of Plaucheville died in the crash. Paramedic Hunter Fruge was taken to a Baton Rouge hospital in critical condition.
Louisiana State Police, the accident took place this way:
“The preliminary investigation revealed that a 2019 Mercedes Benz Sprinter driven by Nezat and serving as an Acadian Ambulance ground unit was traveling north on LA 1 behind a 2012 Nissan Altima. At the same time, a 2009 Kenworth tractor trailer was headed south on LA 1. For reasons still being investigated, the Sprinter struck the rear end of the Altima, crossed the centerline, entered the southbound lane, and struck the tractor trailer head-on.”
