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Law for stricter hit and run driving sentences passes

BATON ROUGE — Parish and state officials are celebrating a victory this week after Gov. Jeff Landry signed House Bill 35, which imposes a minimum sentence for those who drive away after an accident that causes harm or death to another.

According to Louisiana law, hit-andrun driving is the intentional failure of the driver of a vehicle involved in or causing any accident to stop such vehicle at the …

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