Couple killed by driver near LSU honored with funeral procession in Jefferson Parish

METAIRIE, La. (WVUE) - A funeral procession Wednesday (Oct. 21) in Jefferson Parish honored the couple killed last weekend when struck by an allegedly impaired driver near the LSU campus in Baton Rouge.

Jefferson Parish firefighter Shane Hirstius and his fiancee, LSU dental student Leah Fonte, received a heroes escort starting in Kenner and making stops at two Third District Volunteer Fire Department stations along a route ending at the Garden of Memories cemetery at 4900 Airline Dr. in Metairie.

The couple, planning to wed next March, died early Sunday after Baton Rouge police said they were struck by an impaired driver as they walked on the shoulder of Nicholson Drive near the LSU campus.

Procession to bring couple killed in crash near LSU back to Metairie

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