SUNSET, La. (AP) - A 12-year-old girl has died after a crash with a tractor in Louisiana.
Louisiana State Police say Harley Lacomb, of Arnaudville, was riding in a car that was hit by the tractor around noon Tuesday on a road near Sunset, news outlets reported.
The tractor was being used to grade a private road when it entered the highway’s eastbound lane. The front-loader attachment on the tractor hit the vehicle’s windshield and the 12-year-old Lacomb was killed, authorities said.
The driver of the car was wearing a seatbelt but suffered moderate injuries and was taken to a nearby hospital. Lacomb was also wearing a seatbelt. The St. Landry Parish Coroner’s Office pronounced her dead at the scene.
The tractor’s driver, 60-year-old Craig Comeaux, of Sunset, was ejected and also transported to an area hospital with moderate injuries.
Neither driver is suspected of being under the influence, but toxicology samples were taken for analysis, authorities said.
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