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State Police investigators have identified the pedestrian killed while walking on Interstate 10 in Metairie Wednesday morning (April 22) as Harry Daigle III, 34, of Metairie. Daigle was hit by a car on westbound I-10 just west of the Veterans Memorial Boulevard on-ramp, said Trooper Melissa Matey, spokesman for the department.
Initial reports stated that the accident occurred on the Veterans on-ramp. "He had already crossed the on-ramp and was walking in the right-hand lane," Matey said.
Two women died Sunday night after their car ricocheted across Interstate 10. The cause of the crash is under investigation by the State Police but the women were likely driving above the speed limit, according to a spokeswoman.
Susan Perez of Metairie, 31, was driving east near Cleary Avenue when her car, a 2004 Toyota Camry, suddenly veered to the left and hit the barrier, then crossed all eastbound lanes and hit the right guardrail. Perez and her passenger, Karla Ordonez of New Orleans, 35, were pronounced dead at the scene.