A 13-year-old is girl dead and another child is left injured after a crash following a high-speed pursuit in Bossier Parish. 22-year-old Willie Player is in custody after he fled a traffic stop on I-20. After moving from Bossier into Caddo Parish, Player crashed into a control wall and two unrestrained juveniles were thrown from the vehicle. Trooper Jonathan Odom says Brenda Adler suffered fatal injuries in the wreck.
“The vehicle traveled recklessly as it was fleeing from law enforcement, ultimately crashed at Montrose near Line Avenue,” said Odom. “As a result of that crash the juvenile was killed.”
During the pursuit, Player’s Chevy Tahoe hit a brick access wall on Montrose Drive, overturned multiple times, and then struck a utility pole. While both juveniles lay injured, Odom says Player fled the scene on foot before he was arrested. He now faces a laundry list of charges.
“Negligent homicide, negligent injuring, aggravated flight from an officer, resisting an officer, hit and run driving, possession of a Schedule I controlled dangerous substance, possession of a Schedule II controlled dangerous substance, and illegally carrying of weapons,” Odom said.
The reason for the chase seemed to become more evident once troopers obtained a search warrant for the vehicle, though Odom says the crash and circumstances of the incident remain under investigation.
“State police investigators obtained a search warrant and located a handgun, a high capacity magazine, and various narcotics inside the vehicle,” he added.
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