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Wednesday, March 12, 2008   

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Ruston police still investigating fatal wreck

Police are still investigating a Sunday crash that left a Ruston man dead.

Austin James Shoumaker, 24, of Ruston, was pronounced dead shortly after the wreck at North Louisiana Medical Center.

Lt. Curtis Hawkins, training coordinator and public information officer for Ruston police, said Shoumaker was driving a 1995 Dodge Neon eastbound on Martin Luther King Drive at a high rate of speed when he attempted to pass three vehicles.

Shoumaker apparently lost control and struck a utility pole.

The Ruston Ambulance Service took Shoumaker to the hospital, where he later died. He was wearing his seatbelt at the time of the crash.

Routine toxicology tests are pending.



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Originally published March 12, 2008

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