courtesy of LOUISIANA STATE POLICE
Drivers headed to Texas on I-10 early Saturday morning found themselves having to dodge cables dangling from a construction crane. Louisiana State Police Trooper Henry Perez says 37-year-old Matthew Vincent of Vinton, for some unknown reason, decided to hop into the idle crane in the median near Highway 108, about eight miles from the Texas state line, and moved the cables over the westbound lanes.
“Hs truck actually got stuck in a field not too far from where it happened. For whatever reason, he went over to the crane and hopped in it and hijacked it,” Perez said.
In all, four crashes resulted, and two people suffered minor injuries. Trooper Perez says Vincent is now facing several charges.
“He was charged with simple burglary, aggravated obstruction of a highway, two counts of negligent injury, five counts of hit- and-run, one count of criminal mischief and also one count of pedestrian on an interstate,” Perez explained.
Perez says Vincent left some valuable evidence behind inside the crane, making it very easy for investigators to find their perpetrator.
“He actually left his key fob in the crane. That’s how we were able to actually determine he was there. There were some footprints in the crane as well. He was barefoot,” Perez said.
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