Shawn Mark Babineaux
Pursuit
Kristopher J. Lalonde, 47, was allegedly running from Calcasieu Parish deputies. Lalonde was driving a 2013 Chevrolet truck in excess of 70 miles per hour around 6:15 p.m. Deputies were attempting to stop a truck that was seen crossing several lanes of traffic and nearly causing an accident on Cities Service Highway. Lalonde initially stopped in a parking lot and got out of the truck, but then got back in the other and drove off, as deputies pursued him about three blocks. As Lalonde approached an intersection, he applied the brakes but was unable to stop in time, hitting a 2014 Honda Accord, which Shawn Babineaux, 51, was driving. Lalonde's truck struck the Honda Accord on the driver's side as it was crossing through the intersection, killing Babineaux.