St. Tammany Parish, ,LA : Metairie truck driver killed on Wednesday afternoon ,July 22nd 2015

A 37-year-old Metairie truck driver was killed Wednesday (July 22) afternoon in a crash on Interstate 12 in St. Tammany Parish, according to Louisiana State Police.

Trooper Dustin Dwight said Rahn Taylor was wearing a seatbelt and was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash, which occurred around 1 p.m.

Taylor was driving a 2007 International 18-wheeler eastbound in the left lane of I-12 between Lacombe and Slidell that ran off the right side of the road and struck several trees, Dwight said. The 18-wheeler sustained a tire failure on the right front steer axle, he said, and caused the truck to swerve to the right.

Taylor's 18-wheeler crashed into the left side of a 2007 Mack Truck that was in the right lane of the interstate, Dwight said. The driver of that truck, a 55-year-old New Orleans man, was not injured.

Dwight said troopers do not believe alcohol was a factor in the wreck.

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Metairie truck driver killed in St. Tammany crash