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One killed in wreck on Jefferson Hwy. Thursday

7 years 9 months 3 weeks ago Thursday, March 02 2017 Mar 2, 2017 March 02, 2017 6:27 PM March 02, 2017 in News
Source: WBRZ

BATON ROUGE – One man died in a crash on Jefferson Highway Thursday morning.

Louisiana State Police say that 64-year-old William Alford was driving a Ford pickup truck and veered into oncoming traffic when he crashed into another vehicle. 

According to State Police, both drivers were taken to the hospital and Alford later died. 

The wreck happened around 10 a.m. in the 13000 block of Jefferson Highway. The street was closed between Tiger Bend and Baringer Foreman.

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