Police ID naked man killed while lying in street

Several vehicles struck and killed a naked man at 8:15 p.m. Friday after he had lain down in the middle of busy Burbank Drive in East Baton Rouge Parish, State Police reported.

Trooper First Class Jared Sandifer said the man, 18-year-old Lawrence J. Kelson, Baton Rouge, had been fighting and attacking patrons inside a Cracker Barrel convenience store at 9958 Burbank Drive, near the street’s intersection with Elvin Drive.

Kelson left the store and attempted to steal a car in the parking lot, the trooper said, but couldn’t get it started.

Kelson then ran into the street and lay down on the pavement in front of oncoming traffic. Three vehicles struck Kelson, causing fatal injuries, Sandifer said.

Troopers don’t know if Kelson was intoxicated, but they have submitted a toxicology sample to the State Police Crime Lab, he said.

Comments

1) Comment by Dawson - 10/01/2013

Sounds like you need to make a statement to the police if you have this much information about this incident.

2) Comment by Princessa1928 - 02/12/2012

why don't you guys print the whole story .... someone pistol whipped him before this then druged him and he was going crazy asking people for help ... I was working at the store when he came in .... he attacked one person because they walked toward him and he was scared..... he didn''t steal the car because he got out the keys were in the car and it was running .... he ran into the traffic and fell then got hit by 10 or more cars .... he did not try to kill himself he kept asking for help he did not want to die someone drugged him and he went crazy because of the drugs ... whoever did it i hope it eats you alive that you killed this young boy who was a good person and had a future .. he was gonna graduate this year and he family is a mess because of what you did