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COUSHATTA, La. -- A Red River Parish man died Thursday morning in a fiery single-vehicle crash, state police said in a news release.
Troopers responded to the crash just before noon on state Highway 1 near Riverport Drive. The driver, Brandon Ezernack, 37, of Coushatta, was traveling south in a Chevrolet Silverado when he ran off the road, went down an embankment and hit a tree.
The truck caught on fire and became engulfed in flames, troopers said.
Ezernack died at the scene.