LACOMBE, La. (WGNO) — A man is dead after witnesses say he fell off a bridge while crabbing on Wednesday morning.
Around 11 a.m., the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office recovered an unidentified man’s body from a canal near the area of Lake Road in Lacombe. The man was later identified as 67-year-old Eddie Naquin of Covington.
Witnesses say the man was on a bridge in the area around 10:30 when the sound of a splash alerted them that Naquin had fallen into the water. They immediately called 911.
The STPSO Marine Division located the man’s body about 40 feet from where he fell in the canal.
An autopsy has ruled Naquin’s death as an accidental drowning.
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