The Louisiana State Police have announced an arrest in the hit and run accident that claimed the life of an elderly driver on Causeway Boulevard Wednesday.
According to press release, troopers, with the assistance of the public and evidence collected at the scene on the night of the crash, were able to locate and arrest 36-year-old Adrian Cortez Velasquez of New Orleans.
Velasquez will be booked at Jefferson Parish Correctional Center on charges of: Negligent Homicide (Felony), Hit and Run (Felony), Reckless Operation of a Motor Vehicle (Misdemeanor) and No Driver’s License (Misdemeanor).
Velasquez is alleged to be the driver of a 2005 Dodge pickup was traveling northbound on LA 3046 in the left lane near Scott Street.
At the same time, 77-year-old Wayne Greiner of River Ridge was traveling southbound on LA 3046 in a 2013 Chevrolet Suburban, also in the left lane near Scott Street.
Velasquez’s Dodge pickup crossed the median into on-coming traffic and struck Greiner’s vehicle.
Greiner was transported to a local area hospital where he later succumbed to his injuries.