Thibodaux – Shortly before 10:00 p.m. last night, Troopers with Troop C began investigating a single-vehicle fatality crash on Choctaw Road just east of the Sixth Ward Middle School. The crash took the life of 23-year-old Brent Sauce.
The preliminary investigation revealed Sauce was traveling eastbound on Choctaw Road in a 2013 Chevrolet Silverado. For unknown reasons at this time, Sauce crossed the centerline and ran off of the roadway to the left after entering a right curve. His vehicle struck an embankment, overturned, then came to rest after hitting a tree. Sauce was not wearing his seat belt and suffered fatal injuries. Impairment is unknown at this time and a toxicology report is pending through the Lafourche Parish Coroner’s Office. This crash remains under investigation.