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Cops: Woman steps into traffic in St. Bernard Parish, dies

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A woman is dead after police say she was struck by a pickup truck Sunday night in St. Bernard Parish.

"On March 12, 2023, shortly before 8:00 p.m., Louisiana State Police Troop B was notified of a single-vehicle serious injury crash involving a pedestrian on Louisiana Highway 39 near Guerra Drive," Trooper Ross Brennan
wrote in a news release.


He says that the crash claimed the life of 56-year-old Valerie Collins of Violet.

"The preliminary investigation revealed Collins was attempting to cross the southbound lanes of LA Hwy 39. At the same time, a 2020 Ford Ranger was traveling south in the right lane of LA Hwy 39. For reasons still under investigation, Collins failed to yield to approaching traffic, entered into the path of the Ford, and was struck."

Brennan says Collins died at the hospital.

"Impairment on the part of the Ford driver is not suspected. A standardized toxicology sample was collected from both Collins and the Ford driver to be submitted for analysis. This crash remains under investigation."