UPDATE: Victim Dies in Lincoln Parish Crash That Killed GSU Graduate
By: John Walton
Updated: December 16, 2012
TROOPER UPDATE: **UPDATE - December 16, 2012**
On December 16, 2012, Caddo Parish Coroner's Office informed Troop F that Andrew Perkins has died. (See story below for details on crash)
Troop F has investigated 30 fatal crashes which have resulted in 34 deaths so far this year.
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LINCOLN PARISH -- A student that would have walked the graduation stage at Grambling State University Friday morning was killed in a crash late Thursday night in Lincoln Parish.
State Police say a 2010 Ford Fusion, driven by 25-year-old Michael Hubbard of Shreveport, was traveling east on Interstate 20 when it crossed the median and hit a 2000 Kenworth Conventional 18-wheeler traveling west on Interstate 20, driven by 41-year-old David Alday of Juarez, Mexico.
Hubbard suffered serious injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene by the Lincoln Parish Coroner's Office. Two passengers in the Ford Fusion, 25-year-old Andrew Perkins of Shreveport and 23-year-old Jarde Miller of Bossier City, were transported with critical injuries to a hospital in Shreveport. A third passenger in the Ford Fusion, a minor, was transported to a hospital in Ruston with moderate injuries. Alday was wearing his seat belt and did not report any injuries.
Impairment is not suspected on the part of Alday. The crash remains under investigation.
Hubbard would have received his Bachelor's degree in Nursing.
On December 16, 2012, Caddo Parish Coroner's Office informed Troop F that Andrew Perkins has died. (See story below for details on crash)
Troop F has investigated 30 fatal crashes which have resulted in 34 deaths so far this year.
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LINCOLN PARISH -- A student that would have walked the graduation stage at Grambling State University Friday morning was killed in a crash late Thursday night in Lincoln Parish.
State Police say a 2010 Ford Fusion, driven by 25-year-old Michael Hubbard of Shreveport, was traveling east on Interstate 20 when it crossed the median and hit a 2000 Kenworth Conventional 18-wheeler traveling west on Interstate 20, driven by 41-year-old David Alday of Juarez, Mexico.
Hubbard suffered serious injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene by the Lincoln Parish Coroner's Office. Two passengers in the Ford Fusion, 25-year-old Andrew Perkins of Shreveport and 23-year-old Jarde Miller of Bossier City, were transported with critical injuries to a hospital in Shreveport. A third passenger in the Ford Fusion, a minor, was transported to a hospital in Ruston with moderate injuries. Alday was wearing his seat belt and did not report any injuries.
Impairment is not suspected on the part of Alday. The crash remains under investigation.
Hubbard would have received his Bachelor's degree in Nursing.
Pictured: Michael Hubbard
