A pedestrian died after being struck on Hooper Road Tuesday night when he stepped in front of a vehicle driven by an off-duty East Baton Rouge sheriff’s deputy, authorities said.
The crash happened at about 8 p.m. on Hooper near Plank Road, the sheriff’s office said in a news release.
The deputy was driving westbound in an unmarked unit, the release said. The crash victim died later at a hospital…