NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – New Orleans police officers are cracking down on traffic law enforcement near the Fairgrounds after a teenager was seriously injured in a crash while walking to her school bus two weeks ago.
The girl, 14, was walking to her school bus on De Saix Boulevard around 7:30a.m. on Sept. 30 when police say a driver ignored traffic laws and tried to speed around the stopped bus. The child was hit and rushed to the hospital in serious condition.
Miraculously, her mother says the girl made an incredible recovery and returned to school Tuesday with a few staples in the back of her head and a bout of road rash…