ST. MARTIN PARISH - A Henderson man died on Friday when the motorcycle he was riding veered into a guardrail.

St. Martin Parish Sheriff Becket Breaux said the accident happened about 6:30 p.m. That's when deputies responded to a report of a motorcycle crash in the 1000 block of Henderson Levee Road, in Henderson.

They said 23-year-old Luke Robert Ragas was traveling south on Henderson Levee Road
when he lost control of his motorcycle and struck a guardrail.

He was taken to a local hospital, where he died.