WESTLAKE, LA : Louisiana man charged in death of unborn baby after crash on Thursday, 19th December, 2019

A Louisiana man faces charges of third-degree feticide and vehicular negligent injuring after a two-vehicle crash.

The Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's Office said Joshua L. Anderson, 24, of Westlake, was traveling east about 6 p.m. when he ran a stop sign and hit a southbound four-door pickup truck, causing both trucks to travel off the road and flip into a ditch.The driver of the southbound vehicle and the pregnant front-seat passenger, were transported by ambulance to an area hospital. A 2-year-old passenger in a car seat in the back seat was airlifted to a hospital out-of-town.

Deputies saw numerous empty beer bottles inside Anderson's truck and he allegedly showed signs of impairment. Authorities said he refused standard field sobriety testing and allegedly kicked a deputy. Deputies obtained a warrant to have his blood drawn at a hospital for a toxicology report.

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