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Motorcyclist killed in St. Tammany Parish crash

Police say the crash happened on Interstate 59 near U.S. Hwy 11.

Credit: AP

A Louisiana State Police trooper attends the funeral of a colleague in Baton Rouge, La., on Saturday, Oct. 16, 2021. As the Louisiana State Police reel from a sprawling federal investigation into the deadly 2019 arrest of Black motorist Ronald Greene and other beating cases, dozens of current and former troopers tell The Associated Press of an entrenched culture at the agency of impunity, nepotism and in some cases outright racism. (AP Photo/Allen G. Breed)

ST. TAMMANY PARISH, La. — Louisiana State Police are investigating a fatal motorcycle crash that left one man dead in St. Tammany Parish Sunday night.

Police say the crash happened on Interstate 59 near U.S. Hwy 11. The victim was identified as 44-year-old James O’Donnell of Slidell.

O’Donnell was driving a Suzuki Hayabusa northbound on Interstate 59 when he went off the road and into the median, according to investigators. He was wearing a DOT-approved helmet.

O’Donnell was pronounced dead at the scene. Police said, "A routine toxicology sample was obtained from O’Donnell and submitted for analysis."

The crash is under investigation.

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