BOUTTE, La. (WVUE) – A military wife and mother hoping to open a florist business in three weeks is now seeking the community’s help after a hit-and-run driver smashed through her storefront.
The vehicle fled the scene and no arrest has been made since the crash Friday (Oct. 30) at the upcoming Flowers Near Me in Boutte’s Village Shopping Center. But business owner Kaysea Tassara, a self-described “proud Coast Guard spouse,” said her entrepreneurial dream is in jeopardy, given the timing of the crime.
“We were finally approaching the finish line,” Tassara told Fox 8. “Our inspections had been completed, we had received approval for temporary occupancy, and we were preparing to welcome our local vendors and begin filling the store with merchandise…