SLIDELL, La. (WVUE) - A 5-year-old boy was killed Tuesday morning (Nov. 11) when he was struck in his driveway by a vehicle driven by his allegedly impaired grandmother, Slidell Police said.

Authorities booked 55-year-old Kristen Anders of Slidell with vehicular homicide.

Shortly after 7 a.m., officers responded to the 300 block of Spartan Loop in the Spartan Trace subdivision, after 5-year-old Carson Lawson was struck and killed while waiting for his school bus, police said.

Police said the boy was struck by a 2016 GMC Yukon backing out of the driveway as his grandmother was leaving for work.

Slidell Police investigators said they determined Anders was under the influence of alcohol and central nervous system depressants. She was arrested on the scene.

Slidell Police Chief Daniel Seu

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