LOREAUVILLE, La. ( KLFY ) — The family of a St. Martinville man is looking for answers after he died in a crash on June 20.
35-year-old Brenton Robertson died after losing control of his vehicle on La. 86 in Iberia Parish. Robertson’s family said they are still trying to come to terms with what happened, according to his niece, Brittney Tullier.
“I’m just a niece, and my children are just nieces and nephews, so imagine his wife, his daughter, his son,” Tullier said. “I don’t know why. None of us know why. We’re all human. No one’s perfect, but at the end of the day, we have to come together to put him to rest. He needs a proper burial.”
Tullier said she learned of the tragedy after sharing a Facebook post.
“I went on Facebook, and I shared the post about a black Durango with a red stripe in Loreauville,” Tullier said. “I lived on Black Line (Road) for some years so I know a lot of people. I shared it not knowing that I would receive a call from my daughter’s dad telling me that it was my uncle that was the one that died in the accident.”
New Iberia vet, cattle rancher featured on episode of Emeril Lagasse TV show Louisiana State Police said Robertson was heading westbound on La. 86 Thursday night, when he veered off the road and struck a tree. He died at the scene.
Tullier said while this crash has hurt the family, she was happy to reconnect with him before it happened.
“I didn’t speak to my uncle in three years,” Tullier said. “His birthday was June 3. I was able to FaceTime him on June 5, and we spoke for about 30 minutes on FaceTime, and I’m so happy that I was able to do so because that helped me with feeling the pain I’m feeling now.”
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Robertson’s wife, Angie Robertson, did not want to speak on camera, but she did write a letter on his behalf, which Tullier read.
“Blakk was a loving husband,” Robertson wrote. “He was a father, a grandson, a pop, a nephew, an uncle, a son. Blakk was a jack of all trades, and he mastered them all. He was the go-to for everything, I mean everything. The last 17 years of his life I spent with him, it was never a dull moment.”
Tullier described Robertson as the life of the party, a helping hand and a person who would mend a broken relationship.
Tullier encourages drivers to always pay attention to the road so they could avoid tragedies like this.
She said while she still has many questions, she hopes to give her uncle a proper sendoff. A GoFundMe has been set up to help pay for funeral expenses.
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