Baton Rouge, LA – Police Investigate Pedestrian Death on Essen Ln
Baton Rouge, LA (July 05, 2021) – Baton Rouge police officers are investigating the scene of an auto-pedestrian accident that killed one person on Monday, July 5th.
Officers from the Traffic Homicide Unit responded to reports of a pedestrian struck by a car in the 5700 block of Essen Lane at about 1:15 a.m.
The pedestrian was fatally injured and died at the scene. Their identity has not been released.
We would like to offer our deepest condolences to the family of the deceased victim at this time.
Pedestrian Fatalities in Baton Rouge
As reported by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, a pedestrian injury occurs once every 9 minutes, and a pedestrian is fatally struck once every two hours somewhere in the United States. Almost 5,000 pedestrians died as a result of car accidents in 2014. In that same year, 15% of all vehicular deaths were pedestrian fatalities.
Anytime a victim is harmed in a motor vehicle crash because of the negligence of another, it is important that they solicit reliable legal advice from an experienced car crash attorney in Louisiana right away. Victims typically discover that they have a wide variety of legal alternatives available to them as they seek financial recovery.
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