Crash leaves 1 dead; Franklin man charged

A single vehicle crash on Chitimacha Trail near Charenton Friday morning claimed the life of a New Iberia resident and left a Franklin man in jail.
The initial State Police Troop I investigation shortly after 8:10 a.m. revealed a 2011 Nissan Altima was traveling eastbound on Chitimacha Trail entering a left curve. The driver of the Nissan failed to negotiate the curve, causing the vehicle to run off the right side of the roadway, enter a ditch and strike a culvert. After striking the culvert, the Nissan overturned several times ejecting a passenger, 20-year-old Brylan Domingue of New Iberia. Domingue was not wearing a seat belt and was pronounced dead at the scene by the St. Mary Parish Coroner’s Office.
Three other occupants in the vehicle fled the scene after the crash. St. Mary Parish Sheriff’s K-9 was deployed and found two of the three occupants hiding in a field. One of the occupants is still being sought. Further investigation by troopers identified Matthew Trosclair, 28, of Franklin, as the driver of the Altima.
Impairment is considered to be a factor in this crash. Toxicology samples were taken from Trosclair and submitted to the Louisiana State Police Crime Lab for analysis.
Trosclair was arrested and booked at the St. Mary Parish Jail on the following charges: two counts of vehicular homicide, two counts of vehicular negligent injuring, hit and run, careless operation and failure to report an accident.