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Plaquemines Parish crash leaves electric scooter rider dead

Plaquemines Parish crash leaves electric scooter rider dead

Yahoo18-05-2025
PLAQUEMINES PARISH, La. (WGNO) — Troopers with the Louisiana State Police are investigating a crash that left an electric scooter rider dead in Plaquemines Parish on Sunday, May 18.
The LSP reported that the crash happened on Louisiana 23 near L Street around 12:30 a.m.
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LSP officials said an initial investigation shows that 25-year-old Herby Louis-Jeune was riding an electric scooter south on LA 23 when a Ford F250 also heading south reportedly hit the scooter.
Louis-Jeune was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the Ford was wearing a seatbelt and was uninjured.
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LSP troopers said Louis-Jeune was wearing dark clothing, no helmet and did not have lights when the crash happened.
According to the LSP, troopers 'observed no signs of impairment in the Ford driver and determined that the driver was not impaired.'
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