Report: LSU's Lacy hit 88 mph before fatal crash

An researcher astatine the Lafourche Parish territory attorney's bureau stated successful a study released Wednesday that the car that crashed into a conveyance and killed a 78-year-old antheral was not facing an "imminent head-on crash" with the conveyance driven by erstwhile LSU wide receiver Kyren Lacy.

Herman Hall died from his injuries hours aft the Dec. 17, 2024, accident.

The study estimates Lacy was driving a Dodge Charger 88 mph heading southbound connected Louisiana Highway 20 anterior to the collision. The posted velocity bounds was 40 mph. The study cites video that shows Lacy entering the northbound lane and passing 4 vehicles successful a no-passing zone. The study estimates that Lacy was backmost successful the southbound lane 92.3 yards from the tract of the mishap earlier the clang occurred.

According to the study dated April 11, 2025, the operator of a pickup motortruck going northbound "thought Kyren Lacy was going to deed him truthful helium pressed his brakes" and turned close into a parking lot.

The study states that the conveyance that crashed into Hall, a Kia Cadenza, was traveling "too close" down the pickup truck, "which caused her to instrumentality evasive enactment to debar hitting the backmost of [the truck.]"

The study states that the operator of the Cadenza turned the instrumentality 75 degrees to the driver's broadside and into a collision with the car Hall was a rider in.

Lacy was cited with felony negligent homicide and deed and tally driving and misdemeanor reckless driving. The Lafourche Parish territory attorney's bureau had not formally charged Lacy and had been preparing to nonstop the lawsuit to a expansive assemblage for an indictment connected April 14.

Lacy, 24, died April 12 successful Houston of an evident self-inflicted gunshot coiled successful his car during a pursuit by authorities, according to a Harris County sheriff's report.

The study by researcher Warren Callais states determination are "several inconsistencies" successful the study submitted by the Louisiana State Police, notably that it "gives the impression" that Lacy was actively passing vehicles astatine the clip of the collision, "which is incorrect." It besides notes that 1 of the video cameras constabulary utilized to analyse the collision had audio that was "not synchronized correctly" and made it look that Lacy was person to the collision than helium really was.

Lacy's attorney, Matthew Ory, revealed immoderate of the investigation's findings successful an interrogation with a Louisiana tv presumption past week. On Tuesday, the Louisiana State Police released details of its probe and stated, "all grounds collected supports the decision that Lacy's reckless cognition of the greenish Charger successful oncoming postulation triggered the concatenation of events involving the different drivers, yet resulting successful the fatal crash."

On Friday, constabulary released the pursuing connection to ESPN:

"Louisiana State Police stands by the findings of its fatality clang investigation. Throughout this investigation, Troopers utilized their extended grooming arsenic clang investigators and clang reconstructionists. The investigative process included analyzing aggregate eyewitness accounts, reviewing aggregate video sources, and collecting and examining carnal grounds from the country and from the vehicles progressive successful the crash. This grounds was utilized to find factors that contributed to the crash."

When reached by ESPN Friday morning, Callais -- president of the Louisiana District Attorney Association Investigator Board -- said helium had nary remark connected his probe and referred ESPN to the territory attorney's office. David Melancon, the nationalist accusation serviceman for the territory attorney, declined to comment.

Asked wherefore the territory attorney's bureau continued to proceed with the g...