05/29/2026
Nineteen-year-old LSU student Courtney Hodge was tragically killed in a car crash while driving home to Texas after finishing her freshman year of college.
The accident happened on a Louisiana highway when Courtney’s vehicle collided with the back of a slowing commercial truck. The impact was devastating, and she did not survive.
Those who knew her remember Courtney as a warm, kindhearted young woman who made everyone around her feel loved and valued. She had a special gift for spreading joy and making people feel like family. Her grieving mother shared that she had texted Courtney just before the crash, but never received a response — words that now feel especially heavy.
Family, friends, and classmates are left mourning the heartbreaking loss of a beloved teenager who had so much life ahead of her.
