Louisiana State Police on Tuesday released the full crash report, as well as video, witness statements, and other details, related to the fatal crash involving the late UL and LSU football player Kyren Lacy.
According to State Police video that outlines the agency's investigation, Lacy's Dodge Charger was seen on a nearby gas station's surveillance video speeding past three passenger vehicles and a loaded 18-wheeler in a no-passing lane on Louisiana Highway 20 on December 17 last year. The same video appears to show the Charger braking while getting back into the correct lane followed by the sounds of a crash.
A different camera angle from what appears to be the same gas station shows a gold pickup truck veering out of the Charger's way and into a parking lot. Immediately after the crash, State Police said the video and witnesses showed the Charger continued to drive on while other drivers remained to provide help.
WATCH: State Police video detailing Kyren Lacy crash investigation.
The State Police video then moves on to footage from a responding trooper's body camera. It shows the trooper speaking to witnesses. Multiple people can be heard saying the green Charger caused the chain reaction crash. One person was killed in that crash.
Troopers also said Lacy made a call 10 minutes after the crash to a Baton Rouge personal injury and defense attorney.
Law enforcement eventually arrested Lacy in January. Lacy died by suicide in April.
Last week, Lacy's attorney, Matt Ory, shared video with a Houma television station that seemed to show that the late football standout was well behind that crash when it happened. Ory also shared police body camera video of what he said was a trooper directing another driver to include certain details about the crash that seemed to implicate Lacy.
The video sparked state and nationwide criticism of the State Police investigation, which prompted Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill on Monday to announce an independent investigation of the crash.
On Tuesday, Murrill released the following statement:
The evidence is not disputed here. The Lafourche Parish District Attorney’s Office was prepared to present the case to a grand jury that showed Kyren Lacy returning to his lane. However, that does not absolve Kyren Lacy of responsibility in this matter. Every witness identified the green charger Kyren Lacy was determined to be driving, as having put the events in motion that led to the head-on collision, which killed 78-year-old veteran Herman Hall. The District Attorney appropriately was bringing the matter to a grand jury, so that the grand jury could review the facts and decide the appropriate charges to indict on, if any. I’m continuing to review the entire file from State Police and will release a more detailed statement at the conclusion of that review.
Not long after State Police released their video, the Louisiana chapter of the NAACP released the following statement to WAFB, calling for State Police Col. Robert Hodges to resign.
In our view, Colonel Hodges failed the public by attempting to justify the incident involving Kyren Lacy. This is unacceptable, and we are calling for his immediate resignation.
This is a developing story. We will update it as we get more details.
