Suspect arrested in New Orleans fatal hit-and-run case
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NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — A man was arrested on Friday in connection with a fatal hit-and-run that occurred in New Orleans one month prior.
According to the New Orleans Police Department, around 10:01 p.m. on Friday, July 12, a man was trying to cross an intersection on foot when a gold Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck hit him and drove away without stopping to help.
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Witnesses reportedly notified the NOPD and emergency services, which arrived on scene to help the victim. EMS took the man to a local hospital but he was later declared dead.
NOPD Traffic Fatality Unit investigators were able to identify the suspected vehicle and, with the help of the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office, it was found and seized in Jefferson Parish.
On Friday, Aug. 2, the owner of the vehicle, identified as 31-year-old Jude West, turned himself in to the NOPD for questioning, during which it was determined that he had allegedly been driving the truck when the hit-and-run occurred.
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West was arrested and booked into the Orleans Parish Justice Center on one count of hit-and-run driving with death or serious injury and one count of obstruction of justice.
Anyone with information that can assist in the investigation is asked to contact NOPD Traffic Fatality Unit detectives at 504-658-6205.
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