Overview
- Police say the driver, 55-year-old Kristen Anders, was evaluated by a drug recognition expert who reported impairment from alcohol plus central nervous system depressants.
- The crash occurred just after 7 a.m. Tuesday on the 300 block of Spartan Loop in Slidell as 5-year-old Carson Lawson waited for his school bus in his family’s driveway.
- Investigators report Anders’ 2016 GMC Yukon had been backed into the driveway, and the SUV’s size may have obscured a child directly in front of the vehicle.
- Anders was arrested on a vehicular homicide charge, booked into the St. Tammany Parish Jail, and is held on $50,000 bond.
- The coroner identified the child and scheduled an autopsy, while police continue to examine unresolved details, including whether he was standing or sitting, and note that Anders stopped and is cooperating.