BATON ROUGE— A Baton Rouge woman will head back to court next month after pleading not guilty on Thursday to a deadly hit and run.

Ta'Quencya Harris, 35, faces more charges after a grand jury chose to indict her in August on on manslaughter, felony hit-and-run, and obstruction of justice.

This comes nearly six months after 22-year-old LaDerica Stewart was killed while leaving an after hours club on Plank Road in Baton Rouge.

"Nothing good is coming out of [after hours clubs]. They've had approximately three deaths in total since the accident took LaDerrica. If they're not regulated, they need to go," said family member Sharnae Smith.

Harris' new charges were added after more evidence was found. The prosecution team said Harris was speeding before hitting Stewart while she was walkin

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