Ex-LSU women's basketball standout Danielle Ballard, 29, dies

[Carnac]

Former LSU women's basketball standout Danielle Ballard died after being struck by a car early Thursday morning in her hometown of Memphis, the university confirmed. Ballard, 29, was hit as a pedestrian and the driver of the car remained on the scene. The accident is under investigation.

Ex-LSU guard Ballard dies after being hit by car

Former LSU women's basketball standout Danielle Ballard, 29, died after being struck by a car early Thursday morning in Memphis, Tennessee, the university confirmed.

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[MSSportsGuy]

Former LSU women's basketball standout Danielle Ballard died after being struck by a car early Thursday morning in her hometown of Memphis, the university confirmed. Ballard, 29, was hit as a pedestrian and the driver of the car remained on the scene. The accident is under investigation.

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Ex-LSU guard Ballard dies after being hit by car

Former LSU women's basketball standout Danielle Ballard, 29, died after being struck by a car early Thursday morning in Memphis, Tennessee, the university confirmed.

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I was just coming to see if this was up yet. I live in Memphis now and this is all over the news. So sad and tragic.

 

[Bigboote]

Wow that's tragic. Awful news.

 

[KnightBridgeAZ]

Sad to hear. I remember her, though vaguely.

There have been a lot of pedestrian deaths and injuries in Tucson over the last few years, and I'm sure it is happening all over.

 

[JellyBean]

Very sad news. Sending my condolences to everyone impacted by this tragedy, especially Ballard's family.

 

[cancontent]

Ugh. Gutted. Sending my condolences to the Ballard family. Glad the driver did the responsible thing and stayed. I was afraid this was a hit and run at first.

 

[SECbbfan24]

Latieshica Douglas says she and a friend had just left Blue Ice, a nearby lounge when they noticed, Ballard walking in the middle of the street in distress.

“So we holler out the window like ‘Baby, you got to get out the street. You’re in the street,’ and she just kept hollering ‘I can’t see, I can’t see,'” Douglas said.

Douglas says Ballard told them she had been pepper sprayed by security at the lounge, but as they went to help it was too late.

“By the time we reached for the door handles, the car was coming at like 70 mph and ran her over like she was a speed bump,” Douglas said.

Terrible

 

[Jumper33]

Terrible

Those details are really horrible.

Very tragic situation. 29 is no age at all. I hope her family can eventually find peace.

 

[Coler]

Terrible

that's horrible! RIP

 

[sun]

This event led me to wonder if the LSU WBB team will memorialize her in some way this season.
Perhaps by displaying her initials on their uniforms like some pro teams do.