Pregnant Woman Killed In Louisiana Crash, Police Say Road Rage Possible Cause

A 38 weeks pregnant woman from New Orleans was killed Thursday in a two-vehicle crash. Police said the crash may have involved road rage.

The incident occurred on West Esplanade Avenue in Kenner, at 12:30 p.m. EST, Lieutenant Michael Cunningham, a Kenner Police Department spokesman, told Nola.

Jade Lewis, 22, was pronounced dead at the scene after her car veered off the road and hit a utility pole between Maryland Avenue and Lake Trail Drive. Her baby could not be saved. The other vehicle too hit a pole about half-block away from the first crash. The unidentified female driver of the other vehicle was taken to a hospital. She is likely to face criminal charges, Cunningham said.

Lewis’ was a dark gray Chevrolet sedan and the other was a silver sport utility vehicle (SUV). Both the drivers were headed eastbound.

The crash remains under investigation.

In another incident in December, a Pennsylvania woman was charged with aggravated assault and other offenses after slamming her car into an oncoming vehicle purposely to “test her faith in god.” She said god was there to take care of the consequences and that she drove into the vehicle at his instruction. She escaped unhurt but injured two in the other vehicle.