A Louisiana mayor running for re-election died on Election Day after she was involved in a car crash, the Louisiana State Police said in a Facebook post.
A motorist recorded a fiery crash that left the driver of an 18-wheeler dead in Texas. The video shows the big rig going over the concrete barrier of an overpass and landing on a road below.Velma D. Hendrix, the 84-year-old mayor of Melville, Louisiana, was involved in a two-vehicle crash on Tuesday shortly after 11 a.m., according to theOfficials said that the driver of a 2015 Ram pickup truck failed to yield while crossing the westbound lanes of U.S.
Hendrix was sitting in the rear left passenger seat when the crash happened and wasn't wearing a seatbelt. Velma D. Hendrix, the 84-year-old mayor of Melville, Louisiana, was involved in a two-vehicle crash on Tuesday shortly after 11 a.m., according to the Louisiana State Police.The three additional passengers in the Acura suffered moderate to critical injuries, according to police.Police said the driver of the Ram pickup truck was also not wearing a seatbelt but wasn't injured. Police issued the driver a citation for failure to yield from a stop sign and no seat belt.
Hendrix was running for re-election for mayor of Melville at the time of the crash, according to FOX8.
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