The NOPD has arrested Montel lee, (Black male DOB: 05/25/1996) in connection with a hit & run that claimed the life of a woman on Interstate 10.

On July 2, 2025, NOPD's Violent Offender Warrant Squad (VOWS) arrested Lee after he was positively identified as the hit & run driver of the May 10, 2025 incident.

At about 5:00 p.m., on the date, a woman was changing a tire, and was at the rear of her truck on Interstate 10 & France Road when she was hit by an oncoming pickup truck.

The driver of that pickup, Montel Lee, reportedly walked away from the crash scene without rendering aid to the victim or calling police.

The Orleans Parish Coroner later identified the victim as 54-year-old Tiga Bryant.

Investigators subsequently identified Lee as the alleged perpetrator and obtained an arrest warrant. He was taken into custody this morning (July 2, 2025) without incident 

and charged with R.S. 14:100 C (2); Relative to Hit and Driving with Death.    

Anyone with additional information regarding this fatality is asked to contact the Traffic Investigative Unit at (504) 658-6210, or Crime Stoppers anonymously at (504)822-1111.

All persons are presumed innocent until proven guilty.