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.