A 57-year-old woman from Orange was hurt Thursday morning when an SUV hit her as she crossed 16th Street at Link Avenue. Orange police gave her a ticket for failure to yield the right-of-way.
Police report Tadda Marie Mahfouz was injured, but refused medical treatment at the scene.
According to the accident report, Mahfouz was walking eastbound on the sidewalk of Link Avenue. A GMC Acadia driven by a 29-year-old Vidor man was stopped on Link facing eastbound at the traffic light. The SUV was preparing to turn left to go north onto 16th Street.
The pedestrian told police she began to cross 16th Street when the light was red and did not observed the pedestrian crossing sign. The SUV turned left when the light turned green. The walking woman was still in the crosswalk and hit her.
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Two Louisiana people were arrested for possession of crack and pills Thursday night after a traffic stop on 16th Street. An Orange patrol officer reported he stopped their car about 8 p.m. because the car did not have a back license plate. The woman who was driving told him she had a temporary tag in the window.
However, the officer reported he could see a cigarette pack in the passenger door compartment. A glass pipe used to smoke crack or meth was inside the pack. Police searched the car and found three rocks of crack. The woman’s purse had a bottle with a variety of prescription pills, but she did not have a prescription for them.
Police arrested David Allen McAdoo of Colfax, Louisiana, for possession of a controlled substance. Heather R. Richardson of Lake Charles was arrested for possession of dangerous drugs.
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