OPELOUSAS, LA. (THECOUNT) — Kizzy Greene, 42, and Angela Broussard, 41, both of Opelousas, Louisiana, sustained fatal injuries after being struck by a hit-and-run vehicle on Saturday night. According to reports, one of the victims was allegedly a grief-stricken woman who ran into the street after learning of her son’s death. The other victim was trying to help the woman when she was also struck.
In all, three victims were struck by a vehicle in a hit-and-run crash Saturday in St. Landry Parish, according to Louisiana State Police. The third injured person was not identified.
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LSP says the wreck happened just before 10:30 p.m. on Dec. 7 on La. 749 near Legion Lane. Two people, identified as Greene and Broussard, both of Opelousas, sustained fatal injuries in the crash.
Earlier that day, just before 4 p.m., a spokesperson for the St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office says the body of a young black male was discovered in a drainage ditch on Austin Road near Blossom Road. The sheriff’s office has not identified the body.
According to reports, one of the victims was the mother of the male found in the ditch.
Neighbors say that one of the victims was overcome with grief before she ran out onto the highway. Two other relatives worked to console her and tried frantically to stop oncoming traffic, reports WAFB.
No vehicle or driver information was available as of Sunday evening, according to LSP.
Anyone with information on the hit-and-run is urged to call Louisiana State Police Troop I at 337-262-5880. Anyone with information on the body found along Austin Road is urged to call the St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office at 337-948-6516.
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Geo quick facts: Opelousas is a small city in and the parish seat of St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, United States. Interstate 49 and U.S. Route 190 were constructed with a junction here. The population was 22,860 at the 2000 census. In 2004 the city annexed territory and population expected to give it more than 25,000 people in total – Wikipedia.