A West Monroe man has been charged in the January death of a motorist in a fatal Ouachita Parish crash.
On January 28, Louisiana State Police responded to a two-vehicle crash on Louisiana Highway 840 (Smith Street) at Courtney Street in the Bawcomville area of Ouachita Parish. During troopers’ investigation of the crash, they discovered a vehicle driven by Brandon Curtis Link, 30, of West Monroe, crossed the double yellow no-passing line and collided with another vehicle head-on.
The driver of the second vehicle, Kelly H. Lewis, was pronounced dead at the scene. The passenger of the vehicle driven by Link suffered serious injuries and was airlifted to LSU Ochsner Hospital in Shreveport.
After the crash, authorities obtained blood samples from Link to submit to Louisiana State Police Crime Lab for toxicology analysis. In February, troopers received lab results indicating Link had methamphetamine, amphetamine, and fentanyl in his blood at the time of the fatal crash.
Early Monday morning, Link was arrested by the Ouachita Parish Sheriff’s Department and booked at the Ouachita Correctional Center. Link was charged with vehicular homicide and vehicular negligent Injuring. He was also served with three failure to appear warrants dating from 2021 on unrelated charges.
Link’s bail was set at $133,500.
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