COVINGTON, La. (WGNO) — A Hammond man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison after a hit-and-run crash that killed a juvenile.
The St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office responded to a two-vehicle crash on Highway 22 in Madisonville in March 2022. Reports show that Tristan Sullivan, 31, lost control of his vehicle, crossed the center line, and hit a vehicle head-on.
One of the occupants of the other vehicle, Anthony “Tony” Lewis, was air-lifted to a hospital where he later died. The other occupants sustained less serious injuries and were taken to a hospital as well.
Sullivan reportedly fled the scene on foot by the time officers arrived. Through further investigation, detectives learned that Sullivan had consumed alcoholic beverages at a bar 25 minutes before the crash.
On Wednesday, August 2, Sullivan pled guilty to vehicular homicide, hit-and-run, first-degree vehicular negligent injuring and three counts of vehicular negligent injuring.
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