Louisiana Democrat Running for Reelection Dies in Crash

Melville’s Democrat Mayor Velma D. Hendrix, who was running for reelection in the Nov. 8 midterms, died in a car crash just a few hours before the polls were to close.
The 84-year-old Democrat was involved in a two-vehicle crash on U.S. Highway 190 near LA Highway 741 on Tuesday, according to a Nov. 8 press release by the Louisiana State Police. Hendrix was traveling in a 2008 Acura RDX along with three other passengers and a driver.
When they approached an intersection, an incoming 2015 Ram 2500 pickup, driven by Michael Cook of Columbia, Louisiana, failed to yield and ended up striking the passenger side of the Acura….}