Lafayette Woman Dies After DUI Crash Dec. 24

File Photo

A 56-year-old Lafayette resident died in a local hospital two days after her car collided with another in the area of St. Mary’s Road at Glenside Drive and Woodview the morning of Dec. 24.

Residents reported hearing the collision at approximately 10:50 a.m., finding one driver –  identified by Coroner’s officials as Daneen Allenkiester – injured inside. She and two occupants of the car she struck were transported to a local hospital – where Allenkiester died two days after the crash.

The two other motorists were treated for minor injuries and released.

Followup investigation determined that the Lafayette woman was driving while intoxicated at the time of the collision.

Related Articles

7 Comments

  1. S Waverly on Dec 28, 2021 at 3:02 pm

    That explains why they came back to measure everything. RIP

  2. Mae Kennedy on Dec 28, 2021 at 3:20 pm

    Thought so. Rolled through there shortly afterward and saw your alert.

  3. Angie on Dec 28, 2021 at 8:17 pm

    I used to live around there and people drive crazy around there. Especially the high schoolers and sometimes Saint Mary students

  4. Teresa Glenn on Dec 28, 2021 at 9:03 pm

    Was there another crash on Glenside that day?

    • NEWS24-680 on Dec 28, 2021 at 9:21 pm

      We believe there was another in the 700 block of Glenside, further down the road, that day…

  5. R Maxwell on Dec 28, 2021 at 9:14 pm

    What kind of speeds are we talking here?

    • NEWS24-680 on Dec 28, 2021 at 9:19 pm

      Not given…

Leave a Reply Cancel Reply