A firefighter who attended Delgado Community College and an LSU senior dreaming of becoming a dentist were engaged to be married in 2028, planning to tie the knot in a barn-style venue in Amite, Louisiana.
But, in the early hours of Sunday morning, the young couple was walking back from Tigerland together down a stretch of Nicholson Drive when they were hit by a car that veered off the roadway.
Leah Fonte, a 21-year-old Metairie native, died at the scene, police said. Her fiancé, Shane Hirstius, 21, died from his injuries in the hospital. The driver, Mia Dawson, 20, was arrested and booked on five counts, including operating a vehicle while intoxicated and vehicular homicide…