BATON ROUGE — The bodies of LSU student Leah Fonte and her fiancé Shane Hirstius will be escorted from the East Baton Rouge Parish Coroner's Office to a Metairie funeral home Wednesday, less than a week after a fatal crash along Nicholson Drive took the couple's lives.

Fonte and Hirstius were killed early Sunday morning when they were struck by a car driving near LSU's campus. Mia Dawson, 20, was arrested on DWI charges following the fatal crash that killed the 21-year-olds.

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The couple will be given a "Hero Escort" from the coroner's office to the Garden of Memories in Metairie, passing in front of Third District Volunteer Fire Department stations 33 and 34 in Jefferson Parish, Assistant Fire Chief Alex Gorman said.

Hirstius was an operator and firefighter with the Third District Volunteer Fire Department. 

The procession will take the following route: 

Travel southbound on I-110 toward I-10.
Merge onto I-10 Eastbound toward New Orleans.
Continue eastbound on I-10 to Exit 223 A-B, Williams Boulevard South, Kenner.
Proceed southbound on Williams Boulevard.
Turn left onto West Napoleon Avenue.
Turn right onto Mississippi Avenue.
Pass in front of Fire Station 34, 1115 Mississippi Avenue
Continue to Toledano Street.
Turn right onto North Bengal Street.
Turn left onto West Metairie Avenue.
Turn right onto North Lester Avenue.
Pass in front of Fire Station 33, 301 North Lester Avenue
Turn left onto Airline Drive Eastbound.
Continue eastbound to Garden of Memories.

Later Wednesday night, a prayer service memorial will be held at Archbishop Rummell High School, Hirstius' alma mater.

The couple's deaths renewed discussions about safety along Nicholson Drive, with state and local leaders calling for swift safety improvements.