We all have their gifts wrapped under the tree.'ĭeRouen wrote in a December 27 update on a GoFundMe page that her mother has since been released from the hospital to continue her recovery at home after undergoing multiple surgeries on her broken ankles. 'There are no words to describe losing all three babies of the family. 'Losing one would have been tragic,' said DeRouen, the second oldest of nine brothers and sisters. DeRouen said she was told Lindy died before emergency workers could extract her from the SUV. She also has a lacerated carotid artery.ĭeRouen said she had to race to separate hospitals in Opelousas and Bunkie to identify the bodies of Kamryn and Christopher. Older sister Katie DeRouen (pictured) said she felt like she drove '97 million hours' to three hospitals to identify her siblingsĭawn Simmons was brought to a hospital with a bleeding spleen, a punctured lung and two broken ankles. Lundy and Lindy Simmons, a Nicholls State University student and school photographer - who was driving the family's 2017 Cadillac XT5 SUV - were killed on impact. State Police said Lundy was driving his 2005 Chevrolet Colorado pickup north in the southbound lanes of Interstate 49. The three Simmons children, their mother Dawn, 57, and Christopher's girlfriend Marissa, 16, were returning from his basketball game at Acadiana Christian School in Monroe at around 9pm on December 17 when they were struck head on by Lundy's pickup truck. 08 or more.Ī statement from a victim's family said Lundy's blood-alcohol level at the time of the crash was. In Louisiana, drivers are considered legally drunk when their blood-alcohol level is at. 'The results of the tests confirm Lundy’s alcohol level at the time of the crash was nearly three times the legal limit for intoxication,' a statement from the agency read. She is pictured with her six surviving children after being released home from the hospital The children's mother, Dawn Simmons, suffered serious injuries.

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