A Hammond man was killed Sunday and a passenger in his car injured after a drunk driver rear-ended the man’s car on La. 441 near Holden, Louisiana State Police reported.

Manual Garcia, 32, of Walker, was booked on counts of driving while intoxicated, reckless operation, hit and run, vehicular homicide and vehicular negligent injuring after the pickup-truck he was driving struck a car driven by Dean Albares, Trooper Russell Graham said in a news release.

Albares’ car was forced off the roadway and spun before hitting a tree, Graham said.

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