Man arrested in fatal street racing crash formally charged in death

BATON ROUGE – A man faces a negligent homicide charge after police say he was driving nearly double the speed limit in a 45 mph zone while street racing and caused a fatal crash.

Court documents say Desmond Windon, 25, was in a street race with another car along Greenwell Springs Road on May 5 and traveling more than 80 miles per hour when the two vehicles crashed.

Terry Everson, 45, was a passenger in the other vehicle. He was hospitalized and on a ventilator for two weeks before his family made the decision to take him off of life support…

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