BATON ROUGE, LA. (THECOUNT) — Matthew J Miller, of Zachary, Louisiana, has been identified as the victim in a fatal Sunday crash near Mid City, according to reports.
Miller, 27, was operating a pickup truck on N. 22nd Street, near Magnolia Cemetery in Baton Rouge, when the fatal crash occurred on Sunday around 9:30 p.m.
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According to Baton Rouge police, Miller was traveling westbound on North Street when officials believe he ran a red light at the intersection of N. 22nd Street.
Investigators say Miller was then struck head on by a driver in a 2018 Chevrolet Silverado. Miller was ejected from his vehicle and died at the scene, reports TheAdvocate.
The other driver was transported to a nearby hospital with injuries that were said to be non-life threatening.
The crash remains under investigation.
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Geo quick facts: Baton Rouge is a city on the Mississippi River, and the capital of Louisiana. Antebellum landmarks include the castle-like Old Louisiana State Capitol, now a museum, and Magnolia Mound Plantation, with its French Creole house. LSU Rural Life Museum is a complex of refurbished buildings illustrating 18th- and 19th-century life. On the river, the USS Kidd is a retired WWII destroyer that is now a museum – wikipedia.