ST. TAMMANY PARISH, LA. (THECOUNT) — Christian Tullis, of Slidell, Louisiana, has been identified as the victim in a Friday night fatal vehicle crash in St. Tammany Parish.
Tullis, 16, was killed in a two-vehicle crash involving a semi-tractor near Lacombe Friday night.
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According to reports, Tullis was operating a Nissan Titan pickup truck on Interstate 12 near LA-434 in Lacombe, when the vehicle came into rear-end contact with a Freightliner 18-wheeler around 11 p.m. Friday.
Tullis was pronounced dead of blunt force trauma injuries at the scene.
The big-rig driver was not injured in the collision.
The cause of the crash remains under investigation.
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Geo quick facts: St. Tammany Parish is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana named after Tamanend, the legendary Lenape Chief of Chiefs and the “Patron Saint of America.” At the 2010 census, the population was 233,740, making it the fifth-most populous parish in Louisiana. In 2020, its population was 264,570 – Wikipedia.