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Tragedy strikes twice for Lomas family

Over the weekend, Lance Lomas lost his life in a ATV accident in St. Landry Parish; but making this story even more tragic is the eerie similarity between his death and that of his brother Lon Lomas six months earlier.

Over the weekend, Lance Lomas lost his life in a ATV accident in St. Landry Parish; but making this story even more tragic is the eerie similarity between his death and that of his brother Lon Lomas six months earlier.

Lance Lomas

According to a report by The Associated Press, the 28-year-old Lance Lomas was riding an all-terrain vehicle Saturday night along the shoulder of U.S. 190 in St. Landry Parish. After cutting a sharp right turn, Lomas crossed a driveway and headed into a ditch, causing the ATV to begin flipping, throwing Lomas from his seat into a water-filled ditch. He wasn’t wearing a helmet and later died from his injuries while at a local hospital. He left behind a wife, a son, and two step-children.

The incident is made even more tragic given the death of his older brother Lon Lomas in a cycling accident nearly six months ago on July 7. Lon Lomas, who was 30 years-old at the time and the father of two young children, was killed by a hit-and-run driver in Milton and left for dead in a ditch along La. 92.