Lafayette woman, 20, dies after Evangeline Thruway crash; driver charged with vehicular homicide

A 20-year-old Lafayette woman has died from injuries suffered in a Sunday night crash on Evangeline Thruway, and the driver accused of causing the collision while impaired now faces a vehicular homicide charge, Lafayette police said Thursday.

Jaleah Ross died Wednesday, Nov. 4, three days after the crash that left her and a passenger critically injured. The passenger remains in critical condition at a local hospital, police said.

Jaylen Lawrence, 22, of Lafayette, was charged Thursday with one count of vehicular homicide. Police obtained a warrant for his arrest, and he was subsequently booked into the Lafayette Parish Correctional Center…

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