A Maurice man was killed Sunday night when he was hit by a car while walking on Johnston Street in Lafayette Parish.
Ricky Verret, 37, was walking on the right shoulder of southbound Johnston Street, also labeled as U.S. Highway 167, at about 8 p.m. Sunday, a Louisiana State Police spokesperson said in a new release.
For reasons under investigation, when Verret was near Leblanc Road, he stepped into the roadway into the path of a southbound Jeep Wrangler towing a trailer, LSP said. Verret sustained fatal injuries and died at the scene…