A bicyclist is dead and a driver is in jail after a crash on the Westbank of Jefferson Parish.
It happened around 5:30 p.m. Thursday on Barataria Boulevard near Eighty Arpent Road in Marrero.
According to Louisiana State Police, Mark Allen Sicuro, Marrero, failed to yield to a bicyclist who was riding along the same side of the road. Sicuro's pickup truck struck the cyclist, throwing him from his bike. The cyclist died at the scene.
Sicuro is facing negligent homicide, improperly passing pedestrians on bicycles, and other traffic-related offenses.





