UPDATE: Morgan City Police Chief Chad M. Adams announces that Angela Maria Clark, Black/Female, 49 years of age, has been identified as the victim that died after falling into the Atchafalaya River on December 26, 2023 around 12:00 a.m. The incident that led up to Clark’s Death is still under investigation by the Morgan City Police Department Detectives Division as they await autopsy results by the St. Mary Parish Coroner’s Office. No other details have been released at this time
ORIGINAL STORY: A woman has died after falling into the Atchafalaya River in Morgan City. On Tuesday, December 26, at approximately 12:00 am, officers with the Morgan City Police Department responded to a local business in the area of Front Street regarding a female who had fallen into the river.
Officers responded and located the female victim in the river. The victim was pronounced deceased by the St. Mary Parish Coroner’s Office. The body was recovered with the assistance of the St. Mary Parish Sheriff’s Office Marine Division.
Investigators with the Morgan City Police Department Detectives Division also responded and the investigation is ongoing. The identity of the victim is being withheld at this time. We will update the story once more information become available.