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CLARENCE, La. (KALB) - Two 13-year-old girls from Texas were detained following a crash on Hwy 71 near the Natchitoches-Winn Parish line, according to the Natchitoches Parish Sheriff’s Office.
NPSO arrived at the crash on Tuesday morning around 5 a.m. and found the two girls who were identified as runaways from Atlanta, Texas.
One of the teens had minor non-life-threatening injuries.
It was determined that the driver was heading southbound on Hwy 71 when she fell asleep. The vehicle traveled across the centerline and exited the road on the left, then through a ditch before striking a tree.
Both teens were transported from the scene to the Natchitoches Parish Sheriff’s Office and later released to relatives.