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52-year-old Slidell man killed in fatal crash on I-12

Troopers responded to the scene shortly after 6:30 a.m. when a single-vehicle crash claimed the life of Nolan Gautier.

Credit: AP

FILE - This Sept. 25, 2020, file photo, shows a Louisiana State Police vehicle in Louisiana. New court filings show Louisiana State Police troopers joked in a group text about beating a Black man after a high-speed chase last year, saying the beating would give the man “nightmares for a long time.” The May 2020 arrest of Antonio Harris bears strong resemblance to the State Police pursuit a year earlier that ended in the still-unexplained death of Ronald Greene. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

SLIDELL, La. — The Louisiana State Police investigated a fatal crash that occurred on Interstate 12 near the I-59 interchange on Wednesday morning.

Troopers responded to the scene shortly after 6:30 a.m. when a single-vehicle crash claimed the life of 52-year-old Nolan Gautier of Slidell.

According to LSP's preliminary investigation, Gautier's 2015 Chevrolet Camaro traveled off the roadway and struck a concrete embankment.

Gautier, who was properly restrained at the time of the accident, was pronounced dead on the scene.

As part of the ongoing investigation, a routine toxicology sample was obtained from Gautier for analysis.

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