By Associated Press - Tuesday, May 20, 2014

GRAMERCY, La. (AP) - State police say two people died when the car they were riding in ran off the road into a bayou.

The accident happened on U.S. Highway 61 in St. James Parish early Tuesday morning.

Trooper Jared Sandifer says 48-year-old Matthew P. Daigle of Lutcher and 54- year-old Terri R. Deslatte of Hester died in the crash.



Sandifer says Daigle was driving a 2009 Porsche that ran into a bayou south of the Blind River.

He says first responders located the car submerged in the bayou several hours later.

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