Coast Guard Staff Member Killed In Accident On Highway 73

The DPS has released the name of a man that was killed in a one vehicle wreck in Jefferson

County yesterday morning. 28-year old Orlando Paul Ramos, a staff member for the U.S.

Coast Guard, was traveling east on Highway 73 near Needmore Canal yesterday morning

when he lost control of his car, struck the outside guardrail, and came to rest in the canal.

Ramos was pronounced dead at the scene.


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