Woman hit, killed in crash on Chef Menteur Highway

NEW ORLEANS ( WGNO ) — Officers with the New Orleans Police Department are investigating a crash that left a woman dead on Chef Menteur Highway on Saturday, Oct. 12.

The NOPD reported that a 50-year-old woman was walking across the intersection of Chef Menteur Highway and Wilson Avenue when she was hit by an unknown vehicle that allegedly drove away from the scene.

She was pronounced dead at the scene by EMS.

Additional information has not been provided.

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