Two men were killed in a fiery head-on collision on La 1 south of Golden Meadow, Louisiana.

A flatbed truck driven by ♥ 51-year-old Elgin Lirette Jr., ♥ of Houma, was traveling south near Thomas-Sea’s seafood, police said. The truck was hit head-on by a northbound Toyota pickup truck driven by 21-year-old Jarrod Kiger of Lockport, authorities said.


Neither vehicle had a passenger.


The impact shattered the Toyota’s gasoline tank and damaged two diesel tanks on the flatbed, causing the fuel to spill onto the highway and both vehicles to burst into flames.


Lafourche Fire District No. 3 firefighters put out the fire, which left both drivers severely burned. Both men died at the scene.


District 3 Chief Freddie Guidry said diesel fuel, once ignited, can burn intensely, and the tanks on the flatbed were leaking profusely.


"(Diesel) is hard to get going, but once it gets going, look out," Guidry said.


Guidry said that it is too early to know exactly what caused the fuel to ignite.


"In a wreck like this, you have sparks, you have all kinds of things that can cause ignition," Guidry said.

This is what is left of "My Man's" truck. We literally don't even have a body to bury. My son wanted to view his Daddy's remains and the coroner's office refused him. They said that he would have to get a court order first. So, I told him that if the coroners office felt we shouldn't view it, then we shouldn't. The wrecker yard also didn't want my children to see their Daddy's truck. They had to call the owner himself and convince him to let them see it. They told him that they didn't have a body to see, for him to please let them see his truck so they could have some kind of closer.
   Every evening at 7:00 "My Man" would call me faithfully and we would talk about our days happenings. Well, on Mother's Day I received my call and we talked for only 20 minutes. He told me that he had to let me go cause he knew that he was coming upon a sharp curve up ahead and would need to have both hands on the wheel. So, we hung up and only 10 minutes later, at 7:30 he was killed when a truck crossed the center line and hit him head on. We were told that he was killed instantly, (more than likely from a broken neck.) The other truck busted open "My Man's" diesel tank.  Both trucks were then engulfed in flames. His body was burned beyond recognition. Even his cell phone and car keys were melted to nothing. "My Man" was instantly taken up to be with Jesus. Ever since I began blogging, I would call my husband "My Man" but in that instant he was no longer "My Man". He now only belongs to Jesus. Please continue to pray for my children and grandbabies. Although we are rejoicing in Elgin's homecoming, we are human and my family is hurting so bad. I actually feel like someone has grabbed a hold of my heart, ripped it out of my chest and is slamming it against a brick wall. I feel like it's all a bad nightmare and that I'll wake up any minute and it'll all be over. Please God, let this nightmare be over.



Elgin's Obituary ~ Click here
Please go to my daughters blog to read her entry on her night of loosing her Daddy.  www.homeschoolblogger.com/dixiefiddler
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