Pedestrian from Aurora hit, killed on interstate in Louisiana

SULPHUR, La. — A Colorado antheral walking crossed Interstate 10 astatine nighttime successful southwest Louisiana was deed and killed by an SUV, Louisiana State Police said Monday.

David Joseph Williams, 48, of Aurora, was deed astir 7:45 p.m. Sunday — astir a half-hour aft sunset — according to a quality release.

Trooper First Class Derek Senegal said Williams tried to transverse the interstate aft helium and different idiosyncratic had pulled implicit their 2014 Jeep astir 7 miles westbound of the exit for the municipality of Sulphur.

The connection did not accidental wherefore the Jeep was pulled implicit oregon wherefore Williams was crossing the highway’s westbound lanes.

He was pronounced dormant astatine the scene.

The operator of the 2020 Lexus SUV was not injured and impairment is not suspected, authorities constabulary said.

The clang remains nether investigation.