Police release video defending Lacy crash theory in Hall case

Louisiana State Police on Tuesday released an 11 minute briefing video defending their conclusion that the driving of former LSU wide receiver Kyren Lacy set in motion a December 17, 2024 highway crash in Lafourche Parish that killed 78 year old Herman Hall, days after Lacy’s attorney had shared footage suggesting Lacy was too far behind the collision to have caused it. Lacy, 24, died by an apparent suicide in April before a grand jury was scheduled to review the case.

The state police video combines surveillance clips, body camera recordings, witness interviews and a crash reconstruction timeline that investigators say show a green Dodge Charger traveling south in the opposing lane at a high rate of speed, passing several passenger vehicles and a loaded 18 wheeler in a no passing zone. The agency says the Charger’s approach forced a pickup to take evasive action, which in turn led the driver of a Kia Cadenza to swerve into oncoming traffic and collide head on with another vehicle carrying Hall. Troopers said they used more than 20 surveillance videos to identify the Charger and found that Lacy’s operation of the vehicle triggered the chain of events, even though the Charger...