NEW ORLEANS — Part of North Claiborne Avenue was closed for about an hour Tuesday morning as the New Orleans Police Department investigated a traffic fatality involving a bicyclist.
It happened at about 3:23 a.m. at the intersection of St Louis Street and North Claiborne Avenue.
According to investigators, the driver of Dodge Ram truck was traveling eastbound on North Claiborne Avenue when he struck the 43-year-old man on his bike who was traveling northbound on St. Louis Street. Emergency Medical Technicians transported the bicyclist to the hospital where he later died.
The investigation had the intersection closed for about an hour before reopening to traffic.
Anyone with information about this accident is urged to contact NOPD at (504) 821-2222 or (504) 822-1111 or Crimestoppers at 1-877-903-7867.
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