BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — A New Iberia man was arrested after a police chase that ended in a crash in Assumption Parish left a deputy injured.
Lafourche Parish deputies tried to conduct a traffic stop on May 4 after reports of a car driving recklessly, but a chase started, heading north toward Labadieville. The chase reportedly ended when the suspect’s car hit an Assumption Parish Sheriff’s Office patrol unit on Louisiana Highway 1 at the parish line.
The suspect, Donavar Yancy Jr., 71, and a deputy were taken to hospitals with minor injuries. Yancy was booked into the Lafourche Parish Jail after he was released from the hospital.
Donavar Yancy Jr.
(Assumption Parish Sheriff’s Office)
Yancy was later booked into the Assumption Parish Detention Center on May 28 on charges of two counts of attempted first-degree murder and one count each of aggravated flight from an officer, resisting an officer with force or violence, possession of alcoholic beverages in a motor vehicle, and no liability insurance.
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