A Louisiana grandmother is accused of flattening and killing her 5-year-old grandson whereas driving drunk at 7 a.m., in accordance with authorities who known as it “any mother or father's worst nightmare.”
Kristen Anders, 55, was backing her 2016 GMC Yukon out of her driveway in Slidell early Tuesday on her approach to work when she fatally struck grandson Carson Lawson as he waited for his faculty bus, police mentioned.
“It's protected to say that I don't suppose anyone believes that she knew the kid was in entrance of her automotive,” Police Chief Daniel Seuzeneau said at a press conference later that day.
Nevertheless, the grandmother was allegedly drunk and sedatives and was arrested on the scene for vehicular murder, police mentioned.
“That is any mother or father's worst nightmare,” the police chief mentioned.
“I simply need to everyone to grasp that it is a very tragic state of affairs for this household, as a result of not solely did they lose their valuable 5-year-old baby, they're additionally having to cope with the truth that the grandmother is now beneath arrest for this incident,” Seuzeneau mentioned.
“I used to be on the scene this morning, in addition to a number of of our officers. This impacts everybody. This hits dwelling laborious for all of us and all the first responders who had been at that scene.”
Anders stopped instantly after realizing what had occurred outdoors her dwelling, some 28 miles northeast of New Orleans, cops mentioned. She has been cooperating with the investigation.
An post-mortem is scheduled later this week for Carson, who had turned 5 in June, the coroner's workplace mentioned.
The investigation is ongoing.
