Three members of Southern University killed in a two-vehicle crash

NATCHITOCHES, La. - Three members of Southern University's marching band, the Human Jukebox, were killed in a two-vehicle crash Tuesday night in Natchitoches Parish. This crash killed Tyran Williams, 19, of Dallas, Dylan Young, 20, of Dallas and Broderick Moore 19, of Cedar Hill, Texas. The crash happened around 7:40 p.m. near the Powhatan exit on Interstate 49 and blocked part of the interstate for several hours. State police said Williams, Young and Moore were out of their Jeep Lorado trying to change a flat tire when a 1997 Freightliner, driven by Clyde Gary, 62, of Coushatta, drifted onto the shoulder and struck the left side of the Jeep then hit the three men. Williams, Young, and Moore sustained fatal injuries and were pronounced dead on scene. Gay, who was restrained, sustained no injuries. The three students were on their way home to Texas for Christmas break. Sources told WBRZ one of the students was on the phone at the time of the wreck, and the person on the other end of the call contacted police.