One fatality in Breaux Bridge car accident

Published 9:11 am Tuesday, September 3, 2024

A Breaux Bridge pedestrian was killed in a vehicle crash Friday on Cypress Island Extension, according to the St. Martin Parish Sheriff’s Office.

Shortly after midnight Aug. 30, deputies responded to a 911 call in reference to a vehicle crash involving a pedestrian in the 1000 block of Cypress Island Extension.

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Following the initial investigation, deputies learned that a pedestrian was initially involved in a single-vehicle crash and was walking from the scene when he was struck by a vehicle traveling east on Cypress Island Extension.

The pedestrian, identified as Langston Timothy Mayfield, 34, of Breaux Bridge, succumbed to injuries sustained in the crash and was pronounced dead at the scene.

The crash investigation remains ongoing and toxicology results are pending.