Victim identified in fatal Lafayette hit-and-run as deputies search for driver

The Lafayette Parish Sheriff’s Office has identified the victim in a fatal hit-and-run that occurred on Wednesday morning as 51-year-old Charles Kountz II.

Deputies responded to the 900 block of Marteau Road shortly before 3 a.m. Wednesday. Upon arrival, Kountzwas found dead in the roadway, according to an LPSO announcement.

Deputies suspect he was struck and killed by an unknown vehicle traveling southbound…

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