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.
