BATON ROUGE — A woman was arrested by the Baton Rouge Police Department following a fatal crash along Old Hammond Highway on Sunday.
According to officers, 35-year-old Merari Mejia, who was operating a 2018 Jeep Wrangler, allegedly failed to yield to oncoming traffic while turning into the roadway, causing a crash with a 2000 Honda dirt bike that resulted in the death of the driver.
Mejia was traveling westbound on Old Hammond Highway when she allegedly made a U-turn in front of the dirt bike, which was traveling eastbound, causing the bike to strike the rear right side of the Jeep before traveling off the roadway, officers said…