AMITE — A 61-year-old man from Kentwood died after his truck went off a highway and flipped early Tuesday.

Corey Denny was driving east along LA 16 around 5:40 a.m. near Pine Meadow Road in Amite when he drove off the road. According to State Police, he was not wearing a seatbelt. 

Denny was taken to a hospital where he died.  

The cause of the crash is still under investigation and a toxicology sample was collected for analysis, troopers said.