The NOPD is investigating a traffic fatality that occurred in the early hours today (July 18, 2021) on Interstate 10 West just past the Norman C. Francis Parkway overpass.

At about 3:46 a.m., NOPD First District officers responded to a call of a vehicle crash with injury at the location. Upon arrival, officers located an unresponsive male lying on the shoulder of the road on the Carrollton Avenue/Airline Highway exit and a silver vehicle lying near the adjacent railroad tracks.

Through investigation, it was determined that the adult female driver of the vehicle was traveling west on I-10 and maneuvered to exit at the Carrollton Avenue/Airline Drive exit. At the same time, the male subject was reportedly walking in the roadway at that location when the vehicle struck him. After the contact, the vehicle continued a short distance, leaving the roadway and coming to rest near the railroad track.

The driver of the vehicle was transported to a local hospital via EMS for treatment of injuries sustained in the crash.

The Orleans Parish Coroner’s Office will release official identification of the decedent upon completion of autopsy and notification of family.

Anyone with additional information on this incident is asked to contact NOPD Traffic Fatality Investigator Edgar Edwards at 504-658-6208.