Impaired drivers linked to several early morning fatal, injury crashes; one crash involved a trooper (Updated)

UPDATE:
This afternoon, Troopers successfully located and made notification to the family of the deceased driver of the Tangipahoa Parish fatal crash on Sunday, April 5th. Troopers’ preliminary investigation concluded that a Honda sedan and a Volkswagen passenger vehicle had recently been involved in a crash on Interstate 55 northbound. After the initial crash, the two vehicles stopped on the left shoulder and partially in the left lane. The involved drivers were outside of their vehicles discussing the crash, when a 2003 Toyota truck struck the Honda and its driver, 27 year old Tashe N. Disroe of New Orleans, LA. Disroe was killed in the second crash.
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Throughout the early morning hours of Easter Sunday, troopers across several parishes investigated two fatal crashes and an injury crash involving an on-duty Troop A trooper, State Police reported in a news release.
  Driver impairment is a suspected factor for all three crashes resulting in two deaths and several moderate to minor injuries, the news release stated.
The following is the Louisiana State Police news release.
Vermilion Parish - Troopers from LSP Troop I responded to the morning’s first crash shortly after 1 a.m. on La. 330 approximately 2 miles south of Jean Road.  Preliminary investigation revealed that the crash occurred as a 2002 Chevrolet truck was traveling south on La. 330.  The driver of the Chevrolet, 64-year-old Frank Blanchard of Abbeville, failed to negotiate a left curve in the roadway. 
As the Chevrolet truck began to travel off the right side of the roadway, Blanchard overcorrected to the left causing the truck to reenter the roadway and cross both lanes of La. 330.  Upon crossing the highway, the Chevrolet left the paved roadway for a second time and struck a culvert resulting in Blanchard being ejected from the vehicle.  Blanchard was unrestrained at the time of the crash and was transported to Abbeville General Hospital where he later succumbed to his injuries.  Toxicology results are pending.
East Baton Rouge Parish – At approximately 2:40 a.m., a Troop A trooper experienced firsthand the dangers of impaired drivers as his fully marked State Police Tahoe was stuck from the rear while stopped on Interstate 12.  The crash occurred as the trooper was properly parked on the shoulder of the roadway while investigating a crash on I-12 eastbound near La. 3245 / O’Neal Lane.  The trooper had just placed the driver of the original crash under arrest for DWI.  As both the trooper and the impaired driver were seated in the LSP Tahoe, it was struck from behind by a 2009 Toyota Highlander traveling eastbound. 
Both the trooper and the arrested driver sustained minor to moderate injuries and were transported to Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center in Baton Rouge. 
The driver of the Toyota Highlander, 24-year-old Magen Alicia Hall, was properly restrained at the time of the crash and received minor injuries.  Hall was treated at the scene, placed under arrest for DWI, and transported to LSP Troop A where she submitted to the breath alcohol test registering nearly double the legal limit. She was subsequently booked into the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison on charges of Careless Operation and 1st offense DWI.
Tangipahoa Parish - The morning’s second fatal crash occurred shortly before 4 a.m. on the elevated portion of Interstate 55 near Ponchatoula. 

Troopers’ preliminary investigation concluded that a Honda sedan and a Volkswagen passenger vehicle had recently been involved in a crash on Interstate 55 northbound. 
After the initial crash, the two vehicles stopped on the left shoulder and partially in the left lane. 
The involved drivers were outside of their vehicles discussing the crash, when a 2003 Toyota truck struck the Honda and its driver while traveling northbound.  The driver of the Honda was killed in the second crash.  Drug impairment is suspected for the driver of the Toyota truck, 43-year-old Scott Parfait of Kenner.  He was subsequently booked into the Tangipahoa Parish Jail on charges of vehicular homicide, careless operation, and driving under suspension. 
Toxicology results are pending for Parfait and the identity of the deceased driver of the Honda is being withheld pending family notification.