A local radio DJ is dead after a weekend wreck on I-49.

Shreveport police say 35-year-old Elton Bernard Anderson of Shreveport was headed southbound on I-49, near the 70th Street off-ramp, when he struck a southbound Dodge Ram driven by 56-year-old Roger James of Bossier City.

Anderson was not wearing a seat belt, and was ejected from his Mercury Grand Marquis. He was thrown over the interstate barrier and landed some 30 feet below. He was taken to University Health, where he was pronounced dead a short time later. James was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

Anderson was known as DJ Beezy on 103.7 Tha Beat.

 

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