Entergy adds lights along Nicholson Drive following fatal pedestrian hit-and-run

BATON ROUGE – Nicholson Drive is now bright at night after Entergy added new LED lights to existing poles.

State Rep. Dixon McMakin thanked the utility company, saying the move is a “temporary solution that will eventually be a long-term fix.”

The lights went up after LSU student Leah Fonte and her fiancé, firefighter Shane Hirstius, were killed while walking along Nicholson near Tigerland…

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