LSU student, fiancé killed when they were hit by a car while walking back from friend’s birthday

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB/Gray News) — A 21-year-old Louisiana State University student and her fiancé were killed when they were hit by a car.The Baton Rouge Police Department said Mia Camille Dawson, 20, was driving a 2016 Nissan Rogue around 2:40 a.m. Sunday when she veered off the road and hit two pedestrians on the right shoulder.Leah Victoria Fonte, 21, died at the scene, police said. Her fiancé, Shane David Hirstius, 21, was taken to a local hospital, where he later died from his injuries.Police said officers found Dawson shortly after the crash. She was booked into the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison on charges of operating while impaired, reckless operation of a vehicle, hit-and-run driving, vehicular homicide and vehicular negligent injuring.The Third District Volunteer Fire Department said Hirstius was one of its operators/firefighters and remembered him as a dedicated first responder.In a social media post, the department said the couple had been celebrating a friend’s birthday