UPDATE, 5/28/25, 2 p.m.: The female driver who was killed in the fatal tractor collision is identified as Michelle Seaton.

No other information has been released. We will update when we know further.

ORGINAL STORY:VERMILION PARISH, La. (KLFY) — A female driver was killed in a fatal crash after she collided with a sugar cane tractor, authorities said

According to Vermilion Today, the incident occurred in the northern part of Vermilion Parish near Woodlawn Bridge on Tuesday around 11:30 a.m.

The publication reported that the car veered off the road to a ditch nearby and it has yet to be determined whether the driver of the car hit the tractor or the subsoiler that was being pulled behind.

Authorities confirmed driver of the vehicle died at the scene and the driver of the tractor was not injured.

No names of either drivers have been released yet.

This investigation is still ongoing. We will update as more information is released.

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