Natchez man dies in Catahoula Parish crash

Published 8:51 am Friday, July 15, 2016

NATCHEZ — A Natchez man died following a single-vehicle crash in Catahoula Parish Thursday.

Allen A. Kennon, 68, was driving a 2007 Mazda pickup eastbound on Louisiana 124 when Kennon apparently lost control of the vehicle, which left the right side of the roadway and overturned, a Louisiana State Police spokesman said in a news release.

Kennon, who was not wearing a seat belt in the crash, was ejected from the vehicle.

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Louisiana State troopers responded to the scene on the highway — which was near the Diversion Canal Levee Road — at approximately 1:20 p.m.

He was transported to Rapides Regional Trauma Center, where he was pronounced dead.

The matter remains under investigation.