A 19-year-old student at Louisiana State University, Madison Brooks, was raped and then hit by a rideshare vehicle on Sunday, January 15. 

Police say she was allegedly raped by two teens in a car, while two other young men watched, and her attackers let her out of the car on Louisiana Highway 42 while she was still highly intoxicated. She was hit by the rideshare car on the highway, and died from multiple traumatic injuries, according to the East Baton Rouge Parish Coroner’s Office.

The rideshare driver that hit Brooks will not be charged, according to a spokesperson for the East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office, who said the driver was not impaired and contacted emergency services immediately after the accident.

Before EMS got to the scene, two witnesses stopped at the accident scene to help Brooks. They performed CPR as paramedics directed them over the phone.

Authorities arrested four people in connection to the student’s rape.

Kaivon Washington, 18, and a 17-year-old not identified due to his age were charged with third-degree rape. Two other people were also arrested. Everett Deonte Lee, 28, Washington’s uncle, and 18-year-old Casen Carver were charged with one count of being present during a third-degree rape.

Carver was released on a $50,000 bond and Lee on a $75,000 bond. Kaivon Washington’s bond was set to $150,000 and he remains in jail.

The law describes third-degree rape as when the victim is too intoxicated to consent to sexual intercourse.

Earlier in the night, Brooks went to a local bar called Reggie’s Bar, located on the outskirts of the Louisiana State University campus. She became highly intoxicated and was seen stumbling and slurring her words.

According to a probable cause affidavit, Brooks was raped by two young men, who were also at the bar, in the back of a car while the other two sat in front.

After the attack, the men dropped the drunk girl on the highway, where she was hit by the car at around 2:50 am.

The affidavit states that Brooks’ blood alcohol level at the time of the accident was four times the legal limit. She also tested positive for THC.

A spokesperson for Louisiana State University said that none of the suspects were students at the school.