New Orleans, LA : One man died and an off-duty Slidell police officer was hospitalized after a car crash on Sunday morning September 7th 2014

One man died and an off-duty Slidell police officer was hospitalized after a weekend car crash on Old Spanish Trail — also known as Louisiana Highway 433 — northeast of New Orleans. Louisiana State Police said that the off-duty officer, identified as 31-year-old John Cole, was driving in a vehicle with Daniel Hanlon, also 31, when the accident happened just after 7 a.m. Sunday in St. Tammany Parish. Investigators said the vehicle went off the road at a curve in the roadway. The vehicle crashed into a ditch and flipped over onto its top. Paramedics transported Cole to a hospital with serious injuries. Hanlon was pronounced dead at the scene. Source : Man killed, off-duty Slidell officer hurt in Sunday wreck northeast of New Orleans