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State Police: Maurepas man killed in early morning crash

Paula Jones

FILE - This Sept. 25, 2020, file photo, shows a Louisiana State Police vehicle in Louisiana. New court filings show Louisiana State Police troopers joked in a group text about beating a Black man after a high-speed chase last year, saying the beating would give the man “nightmares for a long time.” The May 2020 arrest of Antonio Harris bears strong resemblance to the State Police pursuit a year earlier that ended in the still-unexplained death of Ronald Greene. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

LIVINGSTON PARISH, La. (BRPROUD) — A Maurepas man was killed early Monday morning when his truck crashed into a tree along LA 22, according to Louisiana State Police.

The man who lost his life was identified as 49-year-old Michael Ray Holzheuser Jr. 


Holzheuser was traveling along LA 22 in a Dodge Ram, just east of Livingston Parish’s LA 16, when his truck veered off-road and onto the shoulder where it crashed into a tree.

He was found deceased at the scene of the crash and police say he was not wearing a seatbelt. 

At this time, the tragic crash remains under investigation.

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