SLIDELL, La. (AP) — Louisiana State Police say a man has died after he was struck by a car while trying to cross a highway in a wheelchair.
The fatal crash happened in St. Tammany Parish on a darkened stretch of U.S. 11 shortly after midnight Friday, the agency said in a news release.
A man using a motorized wheelchair was crossing the highway when a car traveling northbound struck him, State Police said. The man died after being taken to a hospital. His name was not immediately released.
State police said the driver of the car wasn’t injured, and investigators don’t suspect either the driver or the man who died were impaired by drugs or alcohol. State police did not say whether they are considering charges.
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