Former LSU basketball player Danielle Ballard, 29, dies after being struck by car

Former Louisiana State University basketball player Danielle Ballard died early Thursday morning after she was struck by a vehicle in Memphis, Tennessee, police said. She was 29.

The Memphis Police Department said in a tweet officers responded to a pedestrian hit by a vehicle around 1:26 a.m. and was taken to an area hospital, where she was pronounced dead.