Electric scooter rider dead following Harahan crash

HARAHAN, La. (WGNO) — A man is dead after he was involved in a fatal crash in Harahan while riding an electric scooter in the early morning hours of Friday, July 18.

According to the Louisiana State Police, troopers with Troop B began investigating the crash, which happened on Dickory Avenue near Citrus Boulevard, around 2:30 a.m.

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Investigators say that 32-year-old Christopher Harris, of Harahan, was turning out of a parking lot into the southbound lane of Dickory Avenue when a 2025 Honda CR-V, for reasons which are being investigated, hit the scooter.

Harris, who wasn’t wearing a helmet at the time of the crash, was taken to a local hospital for treatment where he later died due to his injuries…

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