Crash in Washingon Parish Claims Life of Mandeville Resident

Late Thursday (December 29) evening, Louisiana State Police responded to a two vehicle fatal crash on LA 450 at the intersection of LA 440 in Franklinton, LA. The crash claimed the life of Mandeville resident John E. Seibert (54).

At the intersection Seibert failed to yield and pulled directly into the path of a log truck driven by 44 year-old Steven R. Fairburn of Kentwood, LA. The front of the log truck impacted the left front fender of the Tahoe, causing the Tahoe to exit the roadway and overturn onto its driver side. Despite being properly restrained, Seibert sustained fatal injuries in the crash. He was pronounced deceased on-scene by the Washington Parish Coroner’s Office. A front seat passenger in Seibert’s Tahoe, 44 year-old Dorothy B. Madden of Covington, sustained moderate injuries in the crash. She was flown to North Oaks Health Systems by Oschner Rescue. Fairburn, the driver of the log truck, was not injured in the crash.