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re: Hit and run driver killed a 30 year old woman in Baton Rouge

Posted on 1/25/22 at 10:51 am to
Posted by mark65mc
Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2007
11535 posts
Posted on 1/25/22 at 10:51 am to
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Leah is my first cousin. We are the same age, within a year. I hope this person is caught, but regardless, it is a very strange feeling her being so young and my family member.


I am sorry. I am praying for you and your family.
Posted by Shanegolang
Denham Springs, La
Member since Sep 2015
4983 posts
Posted on 1/25/22 at 10:52 am to
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I know an a-hole alcoholic that lives in that general area who drives a Dodge Ram.


Ride by and check for a missing mirror! Somebody from the OT can solve this!
Posted by choupiquesushi
yaton rouge
Member since Jun 2006
35079 posts
Posted on 1/25/22 at 10:53 am to
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Also, between the Exxon at Hoo shoo too.
, nursing none, and strip mall, one of those business should have cameras.


Unless something has changed, None of those show the intersection well, unless the driver pulled into one of their lots to survey damage. A friend of mine was involved in a red light running accident there last fall and none of the cameras showed the wreck.
Posted by UPGDude
Baton Rouge
Member since Feb 2021
646 posts
Posted on 1/25/22 at 11:04 am to
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It was further down by Brec park


That's a couple of miles from Highland/Old Jefferson intersection. Across from Azalea Lakes.
Posted by Master Guilbeau
Member since Jan 2013
1195 posts
Posted on 1/25/22 at 11:05 am to
Dang I matched with her on bumble recently. Sad.
Posted by Breauxsif
Member since May 2012
22346 posts
Posted on 1/25/22 at 11:10 am to
This makes you wonder if the driver was drunk. There’s no way the driver didn’t know that they hit someone, there’s no way. The person potentially drove away knowing if they stayed and the cops arrived shortly thereafter, they were going to jail.
Posted by SixthAndBarone
Member since Jan 2019
11174 posts
Posted on 1/25/22 at 11:20 am to
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If she was an old black woman none of y'all would give a shite. This happens almost monthly on airline highway or Florida near the homeless shelter.


You are correct. People care about things that they can relate to, doesn’t make them bad people. An old black woman who lives near Florida Blvd doesn’t care about this story.

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WTF is she doing walking the wrong way in the pitch dark at 10 pm at night? Now the poor bastard that hit her's life is ruined too.


Absolutely, she put herself in a dangerous situation by doing so. But if you hit someone, even if they run in front of your car, you cannot leave the scene. It’s her fault for being in a dangerous spot and it’s the driver’s fault for fleeing.
Posted by beauchristopher
Member since Jan 2008
73752 posts
Posted on 1/25/22 at 11:24 am to
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If she was an old black woman none of y'all would give a shite.


I would, but my care doesn't really mean much.
Posted by Grassy1
Member since Oct 2009
7330 posts
Posted on 1/25/22 at 11:25 am to
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This makes you wonder if the driver was drunk. There’s no way the driver didn’t know that they hit someone, there’s no way. The person potentially drove away knowing if they stayed and the cops arrived shortly thereafter, they were going to jail.



Pure genius.
Posted by PoppaD
Texas
Member since Feb 2008
5358 posts
Posted on 1/25/22 at 11:26 am to
I wonder if the person she was arguing with and let her get out of the car to walk down a poorly lit two lane, feels like an a-hole now? Makes you wonder what she was mad about to get out and walk. I know you cant control other people but leaving someone on the side of the road is a terrible decision. That's all irrelevant though.

It seems this was a tragic accident that turned criminal when the drive fled. The driver now deserves everything coming their way when they are located.
Posted by SixthAndBarone
Member since Jan 2019
11174 posts
Posted on 1/25/22 at 11:29 am to
Knowing that area, the only people I see walking the road, especially at night, are strung out trashy white people who grew up in the area and never left but are now just bottom barrel druggies with drama and issues. Weed, pills, and meth contribute to many.

I don’t know the woman and I understand the people who know her will bash me for this statement, and they may or may not be correct, I don’t know. I’m not speaking of the woman, I’m speaking of what I see in the area doing what she was doing.
Posted by Breauxsif
Member since May 2012
22346 posts
Posted on 1/25/22 at 11:55 am to
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Pure genius.

And you’ve contributed to this thread in what way?
Posted by choupiquesushi
yaton rouge
Member since Jun 2006
35079 posts
Posted on 1/25/22 at 11:59 am to
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I wonder if the person she was arguing with and let her get out of the car to walk down a poorly lit two lane, feels like an a-hole now?
huh?
Posted by LouisianaLady
Member since Mar 2009
83032 posts
Posted on 1/25/22 at 12:06 pm to
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I wonder if the person she was arguing with and let her get out of the car to walk down a poorly lit two lane, feels like an a-hole now?


In the video posted last night, she got into an argument with her friends in the car and demanded to be let out. That doesn't mean they left her and drove off. From what I understand, quite the opposite.

As her dad said, it was not a good decision she made. We've all (especially us young girls) been in situations where we are being dramatic and not making the best decision when emotions are high. We can acknowledge this while still hoping for the person who fled to come forward. That's really the important part at this point. We know what tragically took place.
This post was edited on 1/25/22 at 12:10 pm
Posted by RonLaFlamme
Baton Rouge
Member since Nov 2016
1858 posts
Posted on 1/25/22 at 12:08 pm to
I casually knew her. That's to say I knew her first name, but not her last name. Would see her around town a couple of times a month for the last year or so. I actually saw her about 5 hours before this happened. Rest in peace.
Posted by cgrand
HAMMOND
Member since Oct 2009
48982 posts
Posted on 1/25/22 at 12:11 pm to
sorry for your loss
Posted by Comic_Tiger
Member since Jul 2020
1277 posts
Posted on 1/25/22 at 12:13 pm to
Dodge Ram drivers continuing to run away with Biggest Assholes on the Road Award.
Posted by namvet6566
Member since Oct 2012
7846 posts
Posted on 1/25/22 at 12:15 pm to

TigerGman why bring race into this tragedy
Posted by pizota13
Addis, La
Member since Feb 2013
228 posts
Posted on 1/25/22 at 12:18 pm to
I was driving down my street once and was destracted and hit a mailbox with my mirror. It made a loud sound and my mirror gave way so there was no damage to mailbox or mirror. Maybe the person who hit her did not know?? I know that is wishful thinking. Her poor family.
Posted by LSUZombie
A Cemetery Near You
Member since Apr 2008
29696 posts
Posted on 1/25/22 at 12:22 pm to
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Interview with Leah’s step father.


Takes a strong man to do an interview like that.
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