The young brothers killed in a tragic crash last week on Texas Flat Road in Hancock County are among 13 people who have died in car accidents there over the last three years, according to the coroner.

The toll of fatal collisions on the two-lane route, often used by Louisiana drivers as an alternate route when Interstate 10 traffic is heavy near the state line, is raising new safety questions among county leaders and grieving families. The accident on Friday was the second deadly crash on Texas Flat Road this year. Those wrecks killed four people, including two 14-year-olds.

Law enforcement officials say speeding is common on the straight, 13-mile thoroughfare between Kiln and Picayune. And some victims’ families are now leading a growing push for better policing on the road and pleadi

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