« Police Make Arrest in Fatal Crash that Claimed Five Lives

October 10, 2009

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The police of Louisiana State have made an arrest following a horrific traffic crash that occurred last Friday morning, killing an entire family of five.

Dewayne Leggett, the suspect who killed the entire family was tested for BAC. It was found that he had a blood alcohol content around .18 percent, which is more than double the legal limit. After the warrant was signed, Leggett was arrested and taken into the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison on amended charges of 5 counts vehicular homicide and DWI.

There have been around twelve fatal crashes, which have claimed 19 lives in the past 6 weeks in the Troop A area alone. The causes of these crashes have been impairment, speed, lack of seat belt use, and driver distractions caused by using cell phones.

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