New Orleans Police say a woman is dead and the driver that hit her fled the scene.
"The NOPD is investigating a hit and run traffic fatality that occurred near the intersection of Elysian Fields and Caton Street," Public Relations Specialist Kaitlin Rust Landry said in a news release.
She says the adult female was pronounced dead on scene.
"The victim is a pedestrian."
The call came in at 8:00pm.
