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…