Zachary man killed in two-vehicle crash involving a dump truck

Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A Zachary man was killed Friday morning when his car collided with a dump truck, Louisiana State Police reported. Leandrew Coates, 44, was driving south on U.S.

61 at a high rate of speed in a 2003 Nissan about 6:30 a.m., according to a State Police news release.



At the same time, a Mack dump truck northbound on U.S. 61 attempted a left turn into a private drive just south of La.

964. The Nissan then collided with the passenger side of the truck, the release said. Coates, who was not wearing a seat belt, was pronounced dead at the scene, according to troopers.

The truck driver was uninjured in the crash, and impairment is not a suspected factor in the crash, the release states..