More details have been released concerning the car accident that killed E.J. Ourso College of Business Undergraduate Adviser Victoria Archangel.
The accident occurred Monday at 9 a.m. and involved three vehicles, according to a news release from Louisiana State Police.
Archangel was driving a 2003 Ford Expedition east on I-10 at milepost 149 and rear-ended a 2009 Chevrolet pickup truck. The truck ran onto the shoulder, and Archangel’s SUV veered left off the road and across the median.
The SUV drifted into traffic on the other side of the interstate and was struck on the driver’s side by a flatbed truck.
The news release says Archangel was not wearing a seat belt at the time of the crash and was ejected from the vehicle. She was pronounced dead on the scene by the West Baton Rouge Coroner’s Office.
The driver of the flatbed truck that struck Archangel’s SUV was transported to Our Lady of the Lake Hospital with minor to moderate injuries. The driver of the pickup truck she rear-ended was uninjured.
The news release said samples of Archangel’s blood, as well as the driver of the flatbed’s, were collected at the scene, but troopers do not suspect that alcohol or drugs played any role in the crash.
The driver of the pickup truck submitted to a Breathalyzer test, which showed no detectable signs of alcohol in his system.
Archangel, 32, is survived by her husband and four stepchildren, as well as her University colleagues and students.
“It’s a tremendous loss,” said Timothy Rodrigue, assistant director of alumni and external relations in the E.J. Ourso College of Business.
No funeral arrangements for Archangel have been announced.
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