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AMITE CITY, La -

Authorities say a car crash on an interstate in southeast Louisiana killed one man and injured three other people.

Louisiana State Police say in a news release that the crash happened on Interstate 12 in Tangipahoa Parish just after midnight Saturday.

Police say the four people were traveling in a 2003 Jeep Grand Cherokee that drove off the road and hit a tree.

Police say 74-year-old Henry Conley of Hammond was not wearing a seat belt and sustained fatal injuries after being partially ejected from the vehicle.

The release says the three people wearing seat belts had minor to moderate injuries.