On Airline Highway Near Swamp Road

The Louisiana Supreme Court accepted a joint petition for interim suspension of an attorney.

This news report from the Times-Picayune in October 2014 may be related

A Prairieville man was arrested Friday after he rammed into his estranged wife’s vehicle at a red light with his own after seeing her riding with another passenger, according to Ascension Parish authorities.

Gerald Asay, 33, who was booked on two counts of attempted first-degree murder and a number of other charges, had his infant child riding in the car with him at the time of the incident, Ascension Parish Sheriff’s Office Maj. Ward Webb said.

A third vehicle was also hit. In all, five people, including Asay, were transported to a local hospital for minor-to-moderate injuries. A sixth person was treated at the scene for injuries. 

The wreck occurred around 2:30 p.m. Friday (Oct. 24) on U.S. 61, also called Airline Highway, where it intersects with Louisiana 929 in Prairieville.

Webb said Asay’s estranged wife called 911 before the crash and told the dispatcher he was trying to run her off the road. He first rammed her vehicle on Airline Highway near Swamp Road. She was able to continue driving south, but once she stopped at a red light at LA-929, he drove into the back of her vehicle “causing severe damage to both vehicles and pushing the crash into a third vehicle.”

The third vehicle was also stopped at the right light.

Webb said Asay began to pursue his wife when while traveling south on the highway, he spotted her in her vehicle with another passenger. Webb described the incident as fueled by “road rage.”

Asay was booked upon his release from the hospital on charges of two counts of attempted second-degree murder, three counts of negligent injuring, aggravated criminal damage to property and reckless operation of a motor vehicle.

(Mike Frisch)