1 dead, 5 hurt in suspected drunk-driving crash in Independence; driver arrested
INDEPENDENCE — One person was killed and five were hurt after a car driven by a suspected drunk driver ran off the road, hit a tree and flipped in Independence.
The Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office said 23-year-old Marisol Carcamo Vargas was killed in the wreck that happened Saturday around 6 p.m. along North Larussa Lane. Five other people in the car were injured.
Deputies said Antonio Reyes Carcamo was driving the vehicle and lost control while making a left turn. The car went off the shoulder, into a tree and flipped over.
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The driver was taken to a hospital after the crash. Upon his release, deputies arrested him for vehicular homicide, driving while intoxicated and reckless operation of a vehicle.