LA Teen Kobi Simoneaux ID’d As Victim In Thursday Cut Off Fatal Single-Vehicle Crash

LAFOURCHE PARISH, LA. (THECOUNT) — Kobi Simoneaux of Cut Off, Louisiana, has been identified as the victim in a single-vehicle pickup truck crash in Lafourche Parish Thursday afternoon.

Simoneaux, 18, was killed in a single-vehicle crash near Cut Off Thursday afternoon.

According to Louisiana State Troopers, Simoneaux was operating a Ford F-150 pickup truck on LA-308, when for unknown reasons, the vehicle crossed centerlines and exited the roadway around 3:30 p.m. Thursday. The vehicle then came into contact with a grouping of trees.

Simoneaux was pronounced dead at the scene of blunt force trauma injuries.

Simoneaux’s final Facebook post depicted a cartoon of him laying in a coffin. The post was captioned, “What would your friends say at your funeral?”

Friends and family members took to Facebook to remember the beloved teen, who was training to become a firefighter:

The cause of the crash remains under investigation.

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Geo quick facts: Lafourche Parish is a parish located in the south of the U.S. state of Louisiana. As of the 2010 census, the population was 96,318. The parish seat is Thibodaux. The parish was formed in 1807 – Wikipedia.