By: ELIZABETH
WEST
Managing Editor
On Wednesday, July 5, 2017, troopers from Louisiana State Police Troop I responded to a single vehicle crash on LA 29 at Woodstone Road in Evangeline Parish. The fatal crash claimed the life of 37-year-old David Duplechin, of Eunice.
According to a press release from state police, “The preliminary investigation revealed, Duplechin was operating a 2014 Harley-Davidson motorcycle north on LA 29 and was approaching a left curve.”
The release went on to say that “for reason still under investigation, the motorcycle failed to negotiate the curve and traveled off the right side of the roadway, ejecting Duplechin.”
Duplechin was wearing a United States Department of Transportation approved helmet, but “sustained fatal injuries.”
According to state police, Duplechin was “pronounced dead at the scene by the Evangeline Parish Coroner’s Office.”
Routine toxicology samples were obtained and will be submitted for to the crime lab for analysis.
This crash remains under investigation at this time.