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Lafourche woman pleads guilty in deadly 2018 crash
Reagan Bruce, 28, of Cut Off, pleaded guilty Monday to vehicular homicide, prosecutors said.
After Bruce entered her plea, District Judge Marla Abel sentenced her to 20 years in prison, the first five without probation, parole or early release.
The crash killed 28-year-old Stephanie Bellanger on Sept. 3, 2018. According to State Police, Bruce was traveling north on La. 308 in a 2013 Cadillac ATS and Bellanger was traveling south on La. 308 in a 2007 Pontiac G6.
Bruce veered off the road to the right in a left curve, overcorrected to the left and crossed the centerline before colliding with Bellanger’s car in the southbound lane, State Police said. Though Bellanger was wearing a seat belt, she suffered fatal injuries and died at the scene.
Tremell Batiste, 24, shot the victim, Chansie White, multiple times while the victim was in the back seat of a vehicle Batiste was in on Ridgefield Road in Thibodaux. The victim made it out of the vehicle but died on the scene. An investigation conducted by the Thibodaux Police Department led to the
Trial begins for 24-year-old accused of killing Thibodaux man
If convicted, Tremell Batiste of Napoleonville faces a mandatory sentence of life in prison.
Jury selection was underway Monday in the trial of a suspect accused of killing a Thibodaux man in 2017.
Tremell Batiste, 24, of Napoleonville, was indicted in 2018 on a second-degree murder charge. He is accused of fatally shooting 30-year-old Chansie White Nov. 15, 2017, on Ridgefield Road in Thibodaux.
If convicted, Batiste faces a mandatory life prison sentence without parole, probation or early release.
The case is being prosecuted by Assistant District Attorney Heather Hendrix, and Batiste is being represented by court-appointed attorney Ivan Thompson.