Louisiana State Police today announced the Force Investigation Unit is looking into a weekend crash after troopers tried to stop the driver of stolen car.
"The crash occurred after the driver evaded Troopers who were attempting to conduct a traffic stop," Trooper Danny Berrincha said in a news release.
The crash was on North Broad Street underneath the I-610 overpass.
"Troopers were patrolling the area of Elysian Fields Avenue and North Claiborne Avenue when they attempted to stop a 2016 Chevrolet Camaro for traffic violations," according to Berrincha. "Troopers activated the lights and sirens on their fully marked LSP units; however, the driver of the Camaro refused to stop, leading Troopers on a pursuit while disregarding several traffic controls and traveling at a high rate of speed."
He says the troopers eventually lost sight of the Camaro, but found it a short time later crashed under the bridge.
"The crash investigation determined the Camaro failed to negotiate a left curve on North Broad Street, traveled off the roadway, struck a previously downed telephone pole, and then collided head-on with a concrete bridge support pillar of the I-610 overpass."
Berrincha says the driver suffered only minor injuries, but his passengers were far more seriously injured.
"The front and rear-seat passengers were partially ejected... It was later discovered that the rear-seat passenger of the Camaro was pregnant. Despite life-saving measures by medical staff to deliver the infant, the child did not survive."
The driver is identified as 26-year-old Caleb Ezidore of New Orleans.
"The Camaro was stolen from New Orleans on December 4, 2025, and had previously evaded law enforcement during a pursuit on February 14, 2026. Detectives obtained an arrest warrant for Ezidore, and upon his release from the hospital, he was booked into the Orleans Justice Center on the charges of Second Degree Feticide, Aggravated Flight from an Officer, Illegal Possession of Stolen Things, Two Counts of Negligent Injuring, Reckless Operation, Speeding, Driving on the Wrong Side of the Roadway, Improper Lane Usage, Failure to Signal, Disregarding a Stop Sign or Yield Sign, Disobeying a Traffic Control Signal, and additional traffic related charges."