Cops say a woman injured in a Saturday crash on the Northshore died today.
"A 29-year-old Baton Rouge woman died early Sunday (August 16) morning from injuries she sustained in a crash," St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Sergeant Suzanne Carboni reported.
She said in a news release that the crash happened Saturday.
"St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched at approximately 6 p.m. Saturday (August 15) to the intersection of Clairise Court and Brookter Street in the Spring Hill subdivision near Slidell in reference to a two-vehicle crash."
Carboni says that the woman was a passenger in a pickup truck.
"Deputies learned the driver of a Ford F150 was traveling on Allen Road when he crossed over the levee bridge at a high rate of speed. At the time same time, the driver of a Honda Ridgeline was turning right off Clairise Court onto Brookter Street. The F150 impacted the rear of the Honda Ridgeline."
Paramedics airlifted the 29-year-old woman from Baton Rouge to a Southshore hospital, where she succumbed to her injuries.
"The driver of the F150, a 37-year-old Slidell man, sustained moderate to severe injuries and was transported to a local hospital by medical personnel. The driver and passenger of the Honda Ridgeline were also transported by medical personnel to a local hospital with what is believed to be minor injuries."
Cops are waiting for tests to come back to determine if the F150 driver was under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
"Toxicology results for the driver of the F150 are pending, and the crash is still under investigation."
