One dead after motorcycle, tow truck collide on Evangeline Thruway in Lafayette, police say

The driver of a motorcycle is dead after the bike and a tow truck collided in the 2900 block of NW Evangeline Thruway Tuesday morning, Lafayette police said in a news release.

The crash occurred around 9:30 a.m. on the frontage road. The motorcycle driver, traveling southbound, struck the back part of the tow truck while the driver, going northbound, was attempting to turn left into a parking lo, LPD said.

The motorcyclist was ejected and died after being taken to a local hospital with life-threatening injuries…

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