ZACHARY, La. (AP) - Two drivers have died in a head-on wreck as a 16-year-old driver tried to pass another vehicle shortly after midnight Thursday, Louisiana State Police said.
The crash in Zachary killed Brandon Cheatham, 16, of Zachary and Anderson Wright, 34, of Baton Rouge, Trooper First Class Taylor Scrantz said in a news release.
He said Cheatham’s 2020 Chevrolet Impala and Wright’s 2020 Nissan Maxima each held one passenger, and both suffered moderate injuries.
Cheatham was heading north on Louisiana Highway 67 south of Highway 64, and entered the southbound lane in an attempt to pass another vehicle, the statement said.
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