A man was struck by a vehicle and killed in Ruston Monday night, the third pedestrian fatality in the city in just over two months.
Ruston Police Deputy Chief Chad Hamblin confirmed a man was struck on westbound Interstate 20 and killed on December 23.
Identity of the man was not available at publication time and Hamblin said the investigation is continuing.
Two other pedestrians have been struck and killed in Ruston since October.
Luis Alberto Esparza Rios, 41, of New Orleans, was struck by several vehicles as he tried to cross Cooktown Road about 9:20 p.m. on Wednesday, October 16.
Three days later, Jack Mitcham, 21, of Ruston and Sterlington, was struck by a vehicle on the South Service Road about 2:15 a.m. on October 19. Mitcham later passed away in a medical facility. Abby Sterling, 20, of Shreveport was arrested for first degree vehicular negligent injuring but that charge was later upgraded to vehicular homicide. A second man was also struck and received moderate injuries.
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