Patterson man killed, three injured when truck runs into field

A 55-year-old Patterson man was killed and three others were injured after a pickup truck went off the roadway Friday night near Patterson and struck several people in a cane field, according to a St. Mary Parish Sheriff’s Office news release.
At 8:19 p.m. Friday, St. Mary Parish Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to a vehicle crash on Victoria Riverside Road near Little Hope Lane in the Patterson area that claimed the life of Kelly Dupre Sr., 55, of Patterson, and injured three others.
The investigation revealed that Cabot Pugh, 26, of Patterson, was driving a 2002 GMC Sierra pickup truck west on Victoria Riverside Road when, for reasons still under investigation, he drove off the roadway and struck several people in a sugarcane field.
The group of people had stopped on the headland while out riding ATV’s in the area, the release stated.
Dupre was pronounced dead on the scene by the St. Mary Parish coroner.
Two others, a man and woman, were seriously injured in the crash and transported to hospitals in Lafayette and Baton Rouge by Acadian Air Med Services.
Another woman was transported to Teche Regional Medical Center by Acadian Ambulance with minor injuries. She was treated and released.
Pugh was cited for careless operation of a vehicle. Pugh registered 0.00 grams-percent blood alcohol concentration on a breath test.
A toxicology sample was obtained and submitted for analysis. This crash remains under investigation, the release said.
This morning, Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman Traci Landry said the two people seriously injured were in stable condition but were both still in the hospital.
One of the two seriously injured is “stable and guarded,” Landry said.