Drivers Arrested in Two Fatal Louisiana Crashes

Authorities in Baton Rouge arrested 20-year-old Mia Camille Dawson after a crash near LSU killed student Leah Fonte, 21, and her fiancé, Shane Hirstius, 21. Police allege Dawson’s vehicle struck the couple as they walked along Nicholson Drive and that she left the scene; she faces charges including impaired driving, hit-and-run and vehicular homicide. In a separate fatal crash in Shreveport, police arrested 56-year-old Jose Ernesto Desantos after a pedestrian was struck while crossing Mansfield Road and the driver fled. Desantos was charged with felony hit-and-run driving, driving without a license and driving without insurance, and the investigation is ongoing; the pedestrian’s identity has not been released.