ASCENSION PARISH, LA. (THECOUNT) — Grant Griffin, of Prairieville, Louisiana, has been identified as the victim in a Tuesday fatal vehicle crash in Ascension Parish.
Griffin, 24, was killed in a fiery single-vehicle crash near Gonzales early Tuesday morning.
According to reports, Griffin was operating a Dodge Ram pickup truck on Highway 431 near Highway 621, when for unknown reasons, the vehicle crossed centerlines and exited the roadway around midnight Tuesday. The vehicle then entered a culvert and burst into flames.
Griffin was pronounced dead of thermal and blunt force trauma injuries at the scene.
The cause of the crash remains under investigation.
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Geo quick facts: Ascension Parish is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. As of the 2010 census, the population was 107,215. Its parish seat is Donaldsonville. The parish was created in 1807. Ascension Parish is part of the Baton Rouge, LA Metropolitan Statistical Area – Wikipedia.
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