Pedestrian killed walking across Chef Menteur Highway overnight
According to police, the accident happened around 1:20 a.m. in the 7900 block of Chef Menteur Highway.
Author: WWL Staff
Updated: 7:22 PM CDT May 8, 2021
NEW ORLEANS — The New Orleans Police Department is investigating an overnight traffic fatality that claimed the life of a pedestrian in the Plum Orchard neighborhood.
According to police, the accident happened Saturday around 1:20 a.m. in the 7900 block of Chef Menteur Highway.
In a release from the NOPD, a man was crossing the eastbound lanes of Chef Menteur Highway when a driver of a Mazda CX9 hit him.
The man died on the scene, said NOPD.