Slidell mother of two dies in crash - 
Times Picayune December 21, 2007


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Slidell mother of two dies in crash - 
She was on motorcycle that rammed into car 

A mother of two was killed and two men were injured Wednesday night
when a motorcycle crashed into a line of stopped cars on Front
Street in Slidell, authorities said. 

Heather Dawn Habisreitinger, 30, of Slidell, who was a passenger on
the motorcycle, died at the scene of the 9:57 p.m. accident, police
said.

Darren Yax, 37, of Lacombe, who was driving the motorcycle, was
seriously injured and taken to a hospital, police said.

The driver of one of the cars that was struck was treated for
moderate injuries and released from Slidell Memorial Hospital's
emergency room.

Yax and Habisreitinger were traveling north on Front Street at a
"very high rate of speed" on a Kawasaki motorcycle when they struck
a Nissan Sentra stopped at the Cleveland Avenue intersection,
police said.

The force of the impact pushed the Nissan forward, causing it to
crash into a Chevrolet that was also waiting at the intersection,
according to police.

Tests will be performed on all the drivers to determine whether
drugs or alcohol played a role in the accident.