Maurepas, La. (10/03/2023) – This afternoon, shortly after 12:30 p.m., Troopers with Louisiana State Police Troop A began investigating a single-vehicle crash involving a motorcycle on LA 22 near Haynes Road in Livingston Parish. The crash ultimately claimed the life of 72-year-old Nile Sudo, Jr. of Westwego.
The preliminary investigation revealed that Sudo was driving a 2011 Yamaha XV1900 Raider motorcycle headed west on LA 22. For reasons still being investigated, Sudo failed to negotiate a left-hand curve, causing him to enter a ditch, and strike an electrical pole. As a result of the impact, Sudo was ejected from his motorcycle.
Though Sudo was wearing a DOT-approved helmet, he suffered fatal injuries as a result of the crash and was pronounced deceased at the scene. As part of the ongoing investigation, a toxicology sample was obtained from Sudo and will be submitted for analysis. This crash remains under investigation.
Whether on a motorcycle or in a vehicle, drivers should make good decisions while traveling on the roadway. Obeying all traffic control signs and signals, maintaining the speed limit, wearing a seatbelt when riding in a vehicle, and never driving while impaired, fatigued, or distracted can often mean the difference between life and death.
