Baton Rouge overpass stays dark three months after man was struck by a car

BATON ROUGE – A dark overpass where a man was killed in a hit-and-run will not see its tower lights fixed anytime soon.

Back in July, a vehicle hit 39-year-old John Le Nguyen on the Greenwell Springs Road overpass where it crosses Airline Highway.

“I just wish this was different, that this didn’t happen,” Nguyen’s sister, Martina Brooks, said. “He’s not just another number. He’s a human being.”…

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