The LSU Tigers had a frustrating season under head coach Brian Kelly. Despite clearly having enough talent to make a run at the national championship, the Tigers finished the season with three losses in the regular season and failed to make the field for the new-look 12-team college football playoff.
Now, the disappointing results are the least of the concerns of the Tigers football program.
LSU star wide receiver is wanted for negligent homicide and felony hit-and-run, according to WAFB. The charges stem from a December 17th vehicular crash that killed one former marine and injured two others.
Lousiana State Police are in open communication with Lacy and his legal team, per WAFB. The sides are working together in hopes of Lacy agreeing to turn himself in.
Investigators are alleging that after the crash occurred, Lacy sped away from the scene without reporting anything to the police. Lacy is also wanted on a charge of reckless operation of a vehicle.
A Louisiana State Police document contains the following information on the incident:
“As Lacy was illegally passing the other vehicles, the driver of a northbound lane pickup truck abruptly braked and swerved to the right to avoid a head-on collision with the approaching Dodge. Traveling behind the pickup truck was a Kia Cadenza whose driver swerved left to avoid the oncoming Dodge Charger. As the Kia Cadenza took evasive action to avoid impact with the Dodge, it crossed the centerline and collided head-on with a southbound Kia Sorrento. Following the crash, Lacy drove around the crash scene and fled south on LA Hwy 20 without stopping to render aid, call emergency services, or report his involvement in the crash.
“A passenger in the Kia Sorrento, Herman Hall of Thibodaux, was critically injured in the 10 a.m. crash and transported to a hospital where he later died, investigators said. Hall, age 78, was a former Marine. Louisiana State Police said LSP detectives and troopers were able to determine that Lacy was driving the Dodge Charger at the time. In LSU’s most recent season, Lacy led the Tigers in receiving touchdowns (9) and was second on the team in catches (58) and receiving yards (866).”
It’s an incredibly tragic situation for everyone involved.
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Qwame Skinner has loved both writing and sports his entire life. In addition to his sports coverage at Comeback Media, Qwame writes novels, and his debut; The First Casualty, an adult fantasy, is out now.