5-Year-Old Ran Over Waiting for School Bus, Grandmother Arrested

Shortly after 7:00 a.m. Monday (November 11, 2025) morning Slidell Police responded to the 300 block of Spartan Loop, which in the Spartan Trace subdivision, in reference to a vehicle that struck a young child in a driveway. St. Tammany Parish Coroner Dr. Christopher Tape has identified the child as Carson Lawson.

The preliminary investigation revealed that the child was in the driveway of their home - preparing to leave for school and waiting for the school bus. The child was positioned in front of his grandmother’s 2016 GMC Yukon, which was backed into the driveway. The grandmother, who did not know the child was outside, proceeded to leave for work and drove forward out of the driveway and ran over the child.

As part of any serious crash investigation, Slidell PD traffic fatality investigators check for impairment of the driver. When the officer began checking the grandmother, who was identified as, 55-year-old, Kristen Anders of Slidell, she exhibited signs of impairment. 

It was determined that Ms. Anders was under the influence of alcohol and central nervous system depressants. To add tragedy to tragedy, Ms. Anders was placed under arrest for Vehicular Homicide.

***All persons are presumed innocent until proven guilty***

𝐒𝐥𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐟 𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐥 𝐒𝐞𝐮𝐳𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐮 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬, "𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭’𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐞. 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐚𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐬. 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞. 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐮𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐞. 𝐈 𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐤𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐦’𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫. 𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐰𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐝𝐨 𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐞. 𝐆𝐨 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞. 𝐇𝐮𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐤𝐢𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐫 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐤𝐢𝐝𝐬 𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭. 𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐝𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐮𝐬."