BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — Two people were hit by a vehicle while watching drag racing, according to the Baton Rouge Police Department. Officers were called around 1:50 a.m. to the 1900 block of North Flannery Road and initiated an investigation that is still ongoing. The two people were taken to a local hospital with injuries that were not life-threatening. Louisiana bans street drag racing. The law states that "no person shall drive any vehicle in any race, speed competition or contest, drag race or acceleration contest, test of physical endurance, exhibition of speed or acceleration, or for the purpose of making a speed record upon the public roads in this state or upon any publicly-owned or privately-owned property to which the public's access is not prohibited, and no person shall in any manner participate in any such race, speed competition, drag race, test of physical endurance, exhibition, or attempt to make a speed record." BRPD: Investigation ongoing after juvenile hurt in shooting on Sparta Avenue Anyone with information that could help investigators is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 225-344-7867. Latest News Teri Garr, offbeat comic actor of 'Young Frankenstein' and 'Tootsie,' dies at 79 2 brothers left living a 'nightmare' after crash kills entire family Trump calls Madison Square Garden rally a ‘love fest’ Southern University vs. Alabama A&M in Huntsville: Game time, how to watch 'Drift' game found on social media leads to crash in Central, police say