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Tenaha Truck Driver Seriously Injured in DeSoto Parish Accident

A Tenaha truck driver was seriously injured Saturday night when his tractor trailer rig was involved in an accident with a suspected drunk driver in DeSoto Parish.

 

Louisiana State Police say 56-year old Arnold Fitzgerald, driving a salt water disposal truck, attempted to avoid a pickup that pulled in front of him on Hwy. 84, approximately one mile from I-49, when his rig overturned.

 

Authorities say 54-year old Joseph Hendrix of Shreveport was charged with DWI, vehicular negligent injuring and failure to yield when exiting a private drive, and booked into the DeSoto Parish Jail.

 

Fitzgerald sustained serious head injuries and was air lifted to University Health Hospital in Shreveport. Hwy. 84 was shutdown for some five hours to clear the wreckage.

 

The crash remains under investigation.

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