Louisiana woman accused of hitting co-worker with car

SLIDELL, La. (WGNO) — A woman is in police custody after allegedly hitting her coworker with a car in Slidell.

At 11 p.m. on Sept. 7, paramedics were alerted of a woman falling in the parking lot of a community care center. Responders arrived and transported the woman to a hospital for treatment.

Due to a decline in the woman’s vitals, medical personnel determined her injuries were “consistent with being struck by a vehicle” and alerted the Slidell Police Department. The woman’s injuries were classified as critical.

The next day, Sept. 8, SPD officers began investigating, and after reviewing security footage, they learned that the woman, a care center employee, was walking across the parking lot when 67-year-old Lillian Sellers, of Mandeville, allegedly violently struck the victim with her SUV while backing up.

SPD officers add that the footage allegedly shows Sellers, also a care center employee, exit the SUV, pick up a broken piece of bumper, and go into work as if nothing happened.

That’s reportedly when Sellers told coworkers “a woman fell in the parking lot and needed help,” instead of calling 911. The staff assisted without knowing what had happened.

Sellers was later arrested and booked into the Slidell City Jail on charges of:

• Reckless operation of a motor vehicle
• Hit and run driving causing serious bodily injury
• Negligent injuring
• Obstruction of justice by tampering with evidence

SPD officers said several witnesses came forward with their accounts and when asked about her actions, Sellers reportedly shrugged her shoulders giving no explanation.

The investigation remains ongoing.

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