LA Retired EBRSO Cop Claude Smith ID’d As Victim In Fatal Tuesday Morning Head-On Zachary Crash

ZACHARY, LA. (THECOUNT) – Retired East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s deputy, Claude Smith, has been identified as the victim in a fatal crash near Zachary, LA, on Tuesday morning.

Smith, whose age was not provided, was killed Tuesday morning in a crash while traveling in a vehicle on Tucker Road & Jackson Road, in Zachary, according to the East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office.

The crash occurred at around 6:25 a.m., when for unknown reasons, two vehicles traveling in opposite directions collided head on, according to authorities.

Smith was employed with the EBRSO from May 2003 until February 2017.

The other person involved in the crash was transported to a medical facility with non life-threatening injuries. source

The incident is still being investigated.

Anyone with possible information on the fatal collision should contact police at 911.

Zachary is a city in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, United States. It lies 16 miles north of the city of Baton Rouge, and had a population of 14,960 at the 2010 census, up from 11,275 in 2000, according to Wikipedia.