By james art BATON ROUGE — One person was found dead in a submerged vehicle in East Baton Rouge Parish early Sunday morning.
The St. George Fire Department said their dive team and the East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office responded to the area of Bluebonnet Boulevard and Harveston Way around 4 a.m. for a vehicle in a lake.
When officers arrived, they dove in and found one person, who was identified as Alex Gonzalez-Hernandez, 40, dead inside the vehicle.
EBRSO said Gonzalez’s vehicle left the roadway and went through a wooden fence, after which the vehicle continued straight into a tree, snapping it in half. The vehicle then landed in the lake causing it to be completely submerged.
At this time, the cause of death has not been revealed.
This investigation is ongoing and no further details are available at this time.