A 15-year-old boy was killed in a crash while riding his bicycle Thursday night in Denham Springs, and the driver who hit him was allegedly driving drunk.

Juan Alfredo Chavarria Lezama, 31, was arrested for counts of vehicular homicide, driving while under the influence, reckless operation of a moving vehicle and possession of alcohol in a moving vehicle.

The Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office was dispatched after 7 p.m. Thursday to Magnolia Boulevard near Whiteleaf Street for a crash involving a vehicle and a teenager on a bicycle.

Sheriff Jason Ard said the victim was airlifted to a local hospital, where he later succumbed to his injuries.

Ard said deputies saw the driver was impaired at the scene, then found his blood alcohol content was more than twice the legal limit. The driver i

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