Rachel Barnette, 17, killed and Lacey Ross, 19, injured in pedestrian collision with alleged drunk driver Kenneth Morse, 47, on LA 784 in Red River Parish, Louisiana
Impaired driver claims life of teenager in Red River Parish (link is external)
Morse was transported to the Red River Parish Jail and booked for vehicular negligent injuring, vehicular homicide, open container, and operating a vehicle while intoxicated.
Police in Louisiana say impaired driver hits and kills Belton teenager who was walking down street(link is external)
Family members have started a GoFundMe(link is external)[2](link is external) account to raise money for her memorial service and to help pay to bring her body back to Kansas City.
Why every fatality from a crash is not legally a wrongful death
After someone dies in a motor-vehicle accident, grieving family members and friends are often left with many questions. What caused the accident? Could it have been avoided? What do they do now that their loved one is gone?
Sometimes a fatal collision happens through no one's fault. Crashes caused by weather and road conditions, or by wildlife in the roadway, are examples. But when a fatal crash is caused by negligence, then family members should pursue a wrongful death claim, to uphold the victim's rights and begin the financial recovery process. Learn more about wrongful death claims here.
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