Overview
- Carson Lawson, 5, was struck shortly after 7 a.m. in the 300 block of Spartan Loop in Slidell as he waited for his school bus.
- Police say he was in front of a 2016 GMC Yukon that had been backed into the driveway when his grandmother pulled out and hit him.
- Slidell’s police chief said investigators do not believe the driver knew the child was in front of the SUV.
- Officers say Kristen Anders stopped immediately, has cooperated with investigators, and the case remains open.
- An autopsy is scheduled later this week, and officials said two of the child’s siblings were in the vicinity during the incident.