Three die, one critically injured on Tri-parish roads

Three people died and another was critically injured in separate crashes in the Tri-parishes over the past week, according to law enforcement authorities.

A Raceland man died early Monday morning in a single vehicle crash. At approximately 2:30 a.m., Travis Malbrough, 26, was driving his 1986 GMC truck north on LA 308, about 1 mile south of U.S. 90 and crossed the centerline into the southbound lane.

After overcorrecting, the truck hit a utility pole and began to overturn, ejecting Malbrough from the truck, a state police report said.

Malbrough, the only occupant in the truck, was transported to St. Anne Hospital in Raceland and later died at the hospital. Reports from Louisiana State Police Troop C said he was not wearing his safety belt.

Reports also say alcohol is suspected as a factor, and as per state law, blood has been drawn and sent to a lab for analysis. Currently, no charges are pended and Trooper Keven Resweber is continuing his investigation.

On Saturday, at approximately 12:39 a.m., Sherry Foret, 22, of 137 Ethan St., Houma, died in a single-vehicle crash on Woodlawn Ranch Road in East Houma.

Lt. Todd Duplantis, spokesman for the Houma Police Department, said Foret’s four-door Kia Spectra veered off the road to the right, flipped several times, finally coming to a rest against a utility pole on its driver’s side. Foret was transported to Leonard Chabert Medical Center and then to New Orleans for further treatment, but died from her injuries, he said.

Blood was drawn and forwarded to the state police crime lab for testing in accordance to state law, he said.

The crash is still under investigation.

In a third incident Friday at 4 p.m., Kenneth Harris, 47, of Houma, was critically injured when his 2004 Harley Davidson motorcycle ran into the back of a car on La. 665 in the Point Aux Chene community, state police said.

The car, a 1985 Ford LTD, was driven by Alexandria Hendon, 20, of Montegut. She received only minor injuries, and was transported to Terrebonne General Medical Center for treatment, according to authorities. State police reported she was not wearing a seat belt.

Harris was thrown from the motorcycle, and his body came to rest near a small bayou, state police said. Acadian Ambulance transported the Houma man to Terrebonne General Medical Center for treatment.

State police said alcohol use is suspected on Harris’ part, but not on Hendon’s part. In accordance with state law, blood was drawn from both drivers to be tested at the state police crime lab.

Charges may be pending; the case is under investigation by Trooper Gilbert Dardar.

A Choctaw man who was hit by an SUV Tuesday, Jan. 30, as he walked on Choctaw Road in Lafourche Parish died, according to state police.

Floyd Molaison, 55, was struck around 8:45 p.m. by a 2002 Ford Explorer as he walked east on the road, Trooper First Class Rodney Hyatt said. Traci Cortez, of Kraemer, was driving the SUV.

Acadian Ambulance transported Molaison, who suffered serious injuries, to Thibodaux Regional Medical Center, Hyatt said.

Cortez was wearing a safety belt at the time of the crash and was not injured, he said.

At 4 a.m. Wednesday, Troop C was notified by the hospital that Molaison had died, Hyatt said.

State police do not suspect Cortez was under the influence of alcohol or drugs, the trooper said. The Kraemer woman submitted to a voluntary breath test, which did not indicate the presence of either substance, Hyatt said.

He said state police do not know if Molaison was impaired, but that blood was drawn from the Choctaw man and will be tested at the crime lab.

No charges are pending in the crash, he said.

Hyatt reminded the public that, as per state law, pedestrians should walk against traffic and not on the road for safety reasons. Pedestrians should assume that the drivers of motor vehicles do not see them, he said.