A 50-year-old St. Francisville man is dead after being struck by a truck on LA Hwy 10 in West Feliciana Parish driven by 60-year-old Salvatore Euggino of Ethel. Trooper Taylor Scrantz says this is the second time in less than four months that troopers have arrested the driver for negligent homicide.
“Back on March 26th of this year we investigated a fatal crash with Salvatore Euggino when he crossed the center line in a no-passing zone and hit a passenger car head-on. The driver of the passenger car obviously did not survive the crash,” said Scrantz.
The pedestrian was identified as Ricky J. Pourciau. Scrantz says the Euggino fled the scene after the crash but was later located at a local business. A breath test has ruled out the possibility of alcohol involvement.
“We’re still waiting on a blood test to come back to rule out a narcotic-impairment as well. As of right now, it just seems to be a case of reckless driving, negligent driving,” said Scrantz.
Scrantz says it is rare for anyone to be arrested twice for vehicular homicide in such a short amount of time.
“I’ve never seen it before, to be honest with you, and I know troopers around here haven’t seen that in a very long time, so hopefully we can work great with the District Attorney’s office and bring justice to the families of the deceased individuals,” said Scrantz.
Euggino is charged with negligent homicide, hit and run driving, and careless operation.
