Domestic incident leads to car crash

Published 3:06 pm Wednesday, June 21, 2023

A Lake Charles man was arrested Tuesday following an alleged domestic incident that lead to a vehicle crash on Interstate 10 near Iowa, according to the Jeff Davis Parish Sheriff’s Office.

Hunter Allen Lacroix, 20, was arrested on charges of battery of a dating partner and aggravated damage to property.

Deputies responded to reports of a dispute and found a State Police trooper had separated two people on the shoulder of the interstate near a vehicle which had damage to the right front fender.

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The victim told authorities that Lacroix, who was her boyfriend, had grabbed her arm and pulled her hair, causing the vehicle to swerve off the road and hit a railing.

Deputies observed visible marks on the female from where she had been grabbed.