CLAIBORNE PARISH, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – A driver of a Mack truck was fatally injured after colliding with another vehicle on Louisiana Highway 9 on Tuesday.

Louisiana State Police Troop G announced that the collision happened at approximately 12:35 p.m. on LA 9 near Forest Grove Road on October 14 in Claiborne Parish.

The driver of the Mack truck was identified as Paul Hammon, Jr., 66, of Homer. He was traveling north on LA 9. A 2007 Peterbilt 379 was traveling south on LA 9 at the same time. For reasons investigators are still trying to understand, both vehicles collided, and the Mack truck overturned.

Hammon, who was properly restrained at the time of the crash, was fatally injured and pronounced dead on the scene. The driver of the Peterbilt was also restrained at the time of the crash a

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