Teenager killed in ATV crash
BELLE ROSE - On March 27, 2021, shortly before 8:00 p.m., Louisiana State Troopers responded to a two-vehicle crash on Pleasant Lane in Assumption Parish.
The crash claimed the life of 15-year-old Christopher Davis Jr. of Belle Rose.
The preliminary investigation revealed a 2020 Yamaha ATV, operated by Davis, was traveling east on Pleasant Lane. For reasons still under investigation, the driver of a 2006 Kawasaki motorcycle also traveling east on Pleasant Lane struck the ATV from the rear.
Davis was then transported to a Baton Rouge area hospital where he later succumbed to his injuries. The operator of the Kawasaki was not injured.
This crash remains under investigation.