NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - A woman was struck and killed in a hit-and-run crash near Elysian Fields Avenue and Caton Street on Thursday night (March 13), the NOPD said. Authorities said the crash happened around 8 p.m. The victim, an adult female pedestrian, was pronounced dead at the scene.

A woman is dead following a reported hit-and-run that happened in the Gentilly neighborhood of New Orleans on Thursday, March 13.