1 dead in Thibodaux crash

The Associated Press

A 28-year-old man was killed and his 58-year-old passenger was injured when the car they were in ran off a road in Thibodaux.

Kirk Patrick Fletcher of Labadieville was driving a 2002 Monte Carlo shortly after 2 a.m. Wednesday when the car struck a driveway culvert, Police Chief Craig Melancon said.

Melancon said the car went airborne and landed in a ditch.

Fletcher was pronounced dead at the scene. Passenger Albert Williams of Napoleonville was hospitalized with injuries described as serious but not life threatening.

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