This article was originally published in The Examiner on Jan. 18, 2018.
By Eleanor Skelton
Staff Writer
An Alexandria, Louisiana, man died after crashing into a tree in Calcasieu
Parish, Louisiana State Police said.
The one-car accident happened just before 5 a.m, Friday, Jan. 12, on Louisiana Highway 12 about 6 miles from the Texas-Louisiana state line near Starks, Louisiana State Police Troop D Sergeant James Anderson said in a news release.
State troopers investigating said that Charles Bradley Roberts, 54, of Alexandria was driving a 2002 Nissan Sentra west on Highway 12 when his car went off the road in a slight curve and hit a tree broadside.
Roberts was not wearing a seatbelt. He was pronounced dead at the scene by the Calcasieu Parish Coroner’s Office, Anderson said. No one else was in the car at the time of the accident.
Investigators took a toxicology sample from Roberts and submitted it to the Louisiana State Police Crime Lab for analysis.
The crash remains under investigation, Anderson said.
According to an online profile, Roberts was originally from Houston.
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