On Saturday February 14 a woman was killed by a drunk driver.
According to police, 21 year old Logan Calhoun, from Texas, ran a stop sign on Josephine and struck a car being driven by 40 year old Kalonda Hawkins, who was driving eastbound on Laurel. Calhoun struck Hawkins’ car so hard that it spun and overturned into a tree and light pole, trapping her inside. She was transported to hospital where she succumbed to her injuries.
New Orleans police said that Calhoun had bloodshot eyes, slurred speech and swayed while standing after the accident and he then registered a blood alcohol content of 0.231 which is over three times the legal limit in Louisiana. He was booked with vehicular homicide.
Some of Hawkins’ neighbors talked about the intersection where the crash happened saying that the stop sign on Josephine is too far back for drivers to be able to see oncoming traffic on Laurel. In addition they went on to say that drivers often speed down Laurel past the intersection because there are no stop signs for several blocks beforehand.
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