One dead, multiple injured after three-vehicle crash in Baton Rouge
BATON ROUGE - A three-vehicle crash Dec. 22 killed one woman, injured a child and multiple others after a driver failed to yield to oncoming traffic.
East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office said one vehicle pulled out onto Hooper Road from Corlett Drive without yielding and made contact with a vehicle driving on the highway. The crash forced the second vehicle into the oncoming lane, resulting in a head-on collision with a third vehicle.
Deputies report that one adult in the third vehicle suffered life-threatening injuries. Three adults and one child were also hurt.
The victim in the third vehicle, identified as 20-year-old Aliye Ringe, later died in a hospital, according to deputies.
Impairment is not suspected as a cause of the incident.
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