Tips sought after bicyclist killed in Jefferson Parish hit-and-run

JEFFERSON PARISH, La. — Louisiana State Police are asking for the public’s help in identifying the driver involved in a fatal hit-and-run crash that claimed the life of a bicyclist early Wednesday morning.

According to state police, the crash occurred shortly before 5 a.m. on Highway 18 (Seven Oaks Boulevard) near Utah Beach Drive in the Bridge City area.

Douglas Pritchett, 46, of Bridge City, was riding a bicycle westbound in the eastbound lanes of the highway when he was struck by an unknown vehicle traveling east, police said…

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