Nicholls State University is mourning the death of three students who were killed in a two-vehicle crash in Lafourche Parish involving a suspected drunk driver just after midnight on Saturday. State Police Trooper Ross Brennan says they believe 39-year-old Joey Clement was impaired when his pick-up truck slammed into an SUV.
“He crossed the centerline and hit head-on with another vehicle filled with a bunch of teenage girls that were nursing students at Nicholls and unfortunately all three of them lost their lives in that crash,” said Brennan.
The three victims are from Luling and they’ve been identified as 19-year-old Lily Dufrene and 18-year-olds Hali Coss and Michaila Bowling. A GoFundMe account has been set up to help the families cover the funeral expenses.
Brennan says Clement displayed signs of impairment and was arrested for DWI fourth offense.
“He was also charged with three counts of vehicular homicide and some other traffic charges related to the crash and currently his bond is at 1.5 million dollars at Lafourche Parish jail,” said Brennan.
Brennan says State Police is also investigating another fatal crash that occurred Friday night in Terrebonne Parish. He says this two-vehicle wreck killed four people including the suspected impaired driver, 42-year-old Charles Triggs of Raceland.
“He was traveling at a high rate of speed and attempted to pass a vehicle in a no-passing zone and unfortunately he hit head-on with another innocent driver and three occupants inside the vehicle driven by Triggs died and also the driver of the other vehicle he hit head-on was killed,” said Brennan.
The three other people killed in this wreck have been identified as 21-year-old Dannon Fulwiley of Raceland, 23-year-old Corey Porter of Raceland, and 25-year-old Ariana Lachico of Houma.
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