Elizabeth M. Pete, 58, dead following hit-and-run auto-pedestrian crash on US 90 near Lake Charles, Louisiana
Louisiana woman dead following hit-and-run collision
The victim, identified as Elizabeth M. Pete, 58, had just pulled mail from her mailbox and was walking across the highway when she was hit. Pete was pronounced dead at the scene by the Calcasieu Parish Coroner’s Office.
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