Categories: Louisiana News

Covington woman accused of vehicular homicide in death of 8-year-old

Disclaimer: All persons are presumed innocent until proven guilty.

ST. TAMMANY PARISH, La. (WGNO) — A Covington woman was accused of vehicular homicide in connection with the death of an 8-year-old.

According to the Louisiana State Police, troopers responded to a crash on Highway 40 just east of Hurd Road. The car, a 2009 Toyota Camry, ran off the road and struck a tree while approaching a left-hand curve. 8-year-old Jewel Leger of Covington, who was riding in the front seat and was unrestrained, died in the crash.

LSP officials said toxicology tests were taken from the driver, 39-year-old Candace Leblanc of Covington. Leblanc’s blood allegedly contained impairing drugs at the time of the crash.

Leblanc was arrested and booked into the St. Tammany Parish Correctional Facility on the following charges:

  • Vehicular homicide
  • No child restraints
  • Possession of alcoholic beverages in motor vehicles
  • Driver must be licensed
  • Careless operation

The crash remains under investigation.

Stay up to date with the latest news, weather and sports by subscribing to the RSS Feeds Cloud newsletter.

Latest Posts

rssfeeds-admin

Recent Posts

Nintendo Exclusives Are Dominating Amazon’s Best-Selling Video Games List

One of the biggest debates surrounding the Switch 2 has been whether the console has…

59 minutes ago

Today’s Top Deals: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Xbox Gift Card, and Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds for Switch 2

A bunch of popular PC titles are discounted today, including our top game of 2025,…

1 hour ago

Subnautica 2 Lures In Nearly Half a Million Concurrent Players on Steam Within First Hour of Release

Subnautica 2 has hit almost half a million concurrent players on Steam in its first…

1 hour ago

TeamPCP and BreachForums Launch $1,000 Contest for Supply Chain Attacks

A cybercrime operation is turning software supply chain attacks into a public competition. TeamPCP, in…

1 hour ago

Critical WordPress Plugin Flaw Enables Authentication Bypass Attacks

A critical authentication bypass vulnerability has been discovered in Burst Statistics, a popular WordPress analytics…

1 hour ago

Critical Windows DNS Client Flaw Enables Remote Code Execution

A silent killer is lurking inside millions of Windows machines. A newly disclosed vulnerability in…

1 hour ago

This website uses cookies.