GREENWELL SPRINGS — A bill aiming to rename a local bridge after a 19-year-old killed in a 2023 crash was approved by a committee of lawmakers on Tuesday.

House Bill 354, presented by state Rep. Lauren Ventrella, R-Greenwell Springs, would rename the Magnolia Bridge along La. 64 to the "Caleb Easterling Memorial Bridge." 

Easterling was killed in 2023 when a Baton Rouge man crashed his pickup truck head-on into Easterling's car as they crossed the bridge. 

The Magnolia Bridge crosses over the Amite River along La. Highway 64.