NPSO Patrol Operations Bureau deputies, Louisiana State Police, and Natchitoches Regional Medical Center EMS responded to NATCOM 911 Center reports of a single-vehicle crash on US-71 near the Natchitoches-Winn Parish line according to the Natchitoches Parish Sheriff’s Office.

Deputies arrived on scene finding two juvenile females, both ages: 13, one suffering from minor non-life threatening injuries.

Deputies say a 13-year-old Atlanta, Texas juvenile female operating a Chevrolet passenger car was traveling southbound on US-71 near the Natchitoches-Winn Parish line when she apparently fell asleep. The vehicle traveled across the center-line exiting the road on the left side and then through a ditch before striking a tree coming to a rest.  EMS assessed the injured juvenile at the scene and released her without transport.

Deputies and Louisiana State Police continued to investigate why two 13-year-old juveniles from Texas would be traveling in a vehicle at 5 am in the morning learning they were runaways from Atlanta, Texas. Both juveniles were transported from the scene to the Natchitoches Parish Sheriff’s Office and later released to relatives.

Trooper J. Creighton assigned to LSP Troop-E Alexandria was assisted by Deputy Sgt. C. Halliburton, Deputy J. Creel, Deputy A. Middleton and Deputy T. Graves.

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