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ST. TAMMANY PARISH, La. (WGNO) — A Colorado woman accused of driving while impaired was arrested following a fatal crash in St. Tammany Parish on Sunday, Jan. 14.
Officials with the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office said deputies responded to a single-vehicle fatal crash on Archie Singletary Road near Pearl River around 12:15 a.m.
STPSO officials said 25-year-old Kendall Morris, of Colorado, was driving on Louisiana Highway 36 when she missed a curve and traveled off the road, hitting a tree.
A man was then ejected from the car. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
STPSO officials said Morris and three other passengers were taken to a hospital.
After an investigation, St. Tammany Parish deputies said Morris was arrested and faces charges of driving while impaired, reckless operation, three counts of first-degree negligent injuring and a charge of vehicular homicide.
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