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2 women walking in 2-lane highway before dawn hit, killed

It says they were walking south in the southbound lane of Louisiana highway 1075 north of Louisiana Highway 1074.
Credit: WWL-TV

BOGALUSA, La. — Louisiana State Police say women from Louisiana and Mississippi were hit from behind and killed as they walked in a two-lane highway before dawn. 

A news release says 27-year-old Liltricia Lewis of Bogalusa, Louisiana, and 37-year-old Larshuandra Holmes of Tylertown, Mississippi died at the accident site about 5 miles from Bogalusa.

It says they were walking south in the southbound lane of Louisiana highway 1075 north of Louisiana Highway 1074. 

They were hit by a southbound Nissan Rogue driven by a 64-year-old Bogalusa woman.

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