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An inmate at Elayn Hunt Correctional Center has died as officials investigate the cause. The facility has reported 21 inmate deaths since September.

Levi Sahn, 28, has been identified as the victim in a deadly Lafayette hotel fire at a vacant La Quinta. The blaze remains under investigation.

One contractor was killed and two others injured in an industrial accident at a Belle Rose plant Sunday afternoon.

Another inmate has died at Elayn Hunt Correctional Center, marking the third death at the facility this year.

A 25-year-old Breaux Bridge man died after a single-ATV crash Friday night in St. Martinville, according to the St. Martin Parish Sheriff’s Office.

An 18-year-old man died after a dirt bike crash on Highway 308 in Assumption Parish on New Year’s Eve, according to State Police.

A 55-year-old inmate was found unresponsive at the Tangipahoa Parish Jail on Wednesday, prompting an investigation by the sheriff’s office.

An inmate at Elayn Hunt Correctional Center has died, marking the fifth unexpected death at the facility since late September.