BRPD: Car crash at Choctaw & Plank leaves one dead

BATON ROUGE — Baton Rouge Police officers are investigating a deadly crash that happened Monday morning in the 2200 block of Choctaw Drive. The accident sent two people to the hospital, where Thailan Favroth later died of injuries.

On Monday morning, a 2013 Honda Accord was going east on Choctaw at a high speed, officials said, when the car crossed Plank Road and went airborne. When the vehicle landed, it started to twist to the left.

That’s when the Accord’s front corner on the passenger side hit a concrete pole and then turned to where the front passenger door hit a wooden pole…

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