(KPEL News) – Officials with the Louisiana State Police Troop I say a young man thrown from a trailer being pulled by a truck has now died as a result of his injuries.
Teen Thrown From Trailer in St. Martin Parish
At around noon on Monday, April 6, the 19-year-old man from Arnaudville was riding in a trailer being pulled by a truck. According to Monique Lavergne with the Public Affairs Section of the Louisiana State Police, the crash happened on the Frontage Road of Louisiana Highway 686 near Louisiana Highway 347.
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Arnaudville Teen Thrown From Trailer Identified
As the truck was pulling a trailer with a mattress on it, Jamison Phillips of Arnaudville was riding in the back. Officials say they do not know what happened, but Phillips was thrown from the trailer onto the roadway in St. Martin Parish.
The man was taken to the hospital for treatment of serious injuries, and on Saturday, April 11, Lavergne says Louisiana State Police was notified that Phillips had died from his injuries…