RAPIDES PARISH, La. (KALB) – A Flatwoods man has died after a single-vehicle crash in Rapides Parish, according to Louisiana State Police.

On Nov. 3 at approximately 6:30 a.m., LSP responded to a report of an accident on Louisiana Highway 8 near Lena.

The crash claimed the life of 60-year-old James W. Bennett.

According to police, Bennett was driving on the freeway when for reasons unknown at this time, his vehicle left the road and went down the ditch embankment where it struck a tree.

Bennett was not wearing a seat belt at the time of the crash and suffered fatal injuries. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

Routine toxicology samples were taken and submitted for analysis.

This accident remains under investigation.

*The original details provided by LSP incorrectly stated that Bennett was from Pollock and that the accident occurred in Grant Parish near Pollock.

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