BATON ROUGE, LA. (THECOUNT) — Brennan Butler, of New Orleans, Louisiana, has been identified as the victim in a fatal Saturday morning vehicle crash in East Baton Rouge Parish.
Butler, 19, was killed in a single-vehicle crash near Baton Rouge early Saturday.
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According to reports, Butler was operating a vehicle on Burbank Drive in East Baton Rouge, when for unknown reasons, the vehicle crossed centerlines and exited the roadway around 1 a.m. Saturday. The vehicle the entered a culvert.
Butler was pronounced dead at the scene of blunt force trauma injuries.
The cause of the crash remains under investigation.
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