Beloved Livingston Parish crossing guard killed, hit by vehicle outside elementary school

DENHAM SPRINGS — A crossing guard died after being hit by a vehicle at a Denham Springs elementary school on Thursday afternoon, according to authorities.

Crossing guard Katy Wells was on duty after school at Gray’s Creek Elementary when she was hit by a truck driving northwest on Hwy. 16, a Livingston Parish Schools spokesperson said. She died as a result of the crash.

Deputies arrested Darren Goudeau, 64, of Walker. He was booked into the Livingston Parish Detention Center on charges of vehicular homicide and DWI, as Sheriff Jason Ard tells WBRZ that impairment is suspected…

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