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Two people killed in early morning crash along Highland Road near Gardere Lane
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BATON ROUGE — Two people were killed in a car crash along Highland Road late Tuesday night.
The East Baton Rouge Parish Coroner's Office said they responded to the single-vehicle crash near Gardere Lane around 12:20 a.m. on Wednesday, but Baton Rouge Police responded about 30 minutes earlier.
Police said that a 2011 Infinity G37 struck a tree, leaving driver 20-year-old Dakota Carter and passenger 21-year-old Justin Howard dead.
Investigators said the car was driving at a high rate of speed along Highland before crossing lanes and striking the tree
"Both occupants had to be extricated from the vehicle," officials said.
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