On Wednesday morning August 5th at approximately 6:45am, NPSO Deputies, Louisiana State Police and Natchitoches Regional Medical Center EMS Paramedics responded to a single-vehicle injury crash on US-84 east of Clarence, La.

The driver and passenger of the 2004 Dodge pickup truck was transported from the …scene by EMS to Natchitoches Regional Medical Center with non-life threatening injuries.

Deputies say the vehicle was traveling westbound on US-84 attempting to pass another vehicle, when the driver lost control, exiting the roadway on the left striking several trees and a culvert overturning coming to a rest.

Both occupants of the vehicle were wearing seat belts.

The crash is being investigated by Troopers assigned to Louisiana State Police, Troop-E Alexandria.