MARRERO, La. ( WGNO ) — A Barataria man is dead following a crash that happened in Marrero on Friday, May 9.
According to the Louisiana State Police, troopers with Troop B began investigating the crash, which happened on Leo Kerner Parkway near Parc Des Familles, around 1:30 p.m.
Officers with the Slidell Police Department responded to a car crashing into a home in Slidell on May 9.
The initial investigation shows that 69-year-old Gordon Cordes was driving a 2020 Dodge Ram pickup truck south on the parkway when, for reasons that are being investigated, the truck ran off the road, hitting a light pole and multiple trees in the median.
Cordes was restrained but suffered serious injuries, dying on scene. Routine toxicology samples were taken from him as part of the ongoing investigation…