Identies Released in Fatal Lafayette Crash

The 5-year-old killed in a vehicle crash Sunday afternoon in Lafayette has been identified as Alajah Davis. According to a release from the Lafayette Parish Sheriff's Department, evidence at the scene indicates that a crossover vehicle being driven by 19-year-old Jerica Cawthorne was heading north on Robley Drive. They believe she lost control and entered the path of a southbound pickup truck being driven by a 53-year-old Julie Ward from Arkansas. The truck hit Cawthorne's vehicle on the passenger side.

The 5-year-old girl was wearing a safety harness in the front passenger seat and was pronounced dead at the scene. A one-year-old boy, Jayden Cawthorne, was in a child safety seat in the back seat of Cawthorne's vehicle