A tragic situation unfolded on a Louisiana roadway Saturday morning as a deputy was responding to an emergency when another driver struck the vehicle. The crash took one life and resulted in severe injuries for the other.
Louisiana State Police Trooper Eddie Thomas with the Public Affairs Section of State Police says the situation played out at around 9:45 on the morning of Saturday, February 22, as the deputy was driving down Louisiana Highway 84.
Thomas says that Deputy Asia Spikes was in a vehicle clearly marked with the Red River Parish Sheriff’s Office insignia. Spikes was driving in the westbound lane with her lights and sirens turned on.
According to Louisiana law 32:125, drivers must stop for emergency vehicles. The law states the following:…