NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — One person is dead after a hit-and-run in the Tremé neighborhood, according to the New Orleans Police Department.

According to officers, around 11:48 p.m. on Sept. 21, officers responded to a call of a pedestrian being hit by a vehicle near the corner of North Claiborne Avenue and St. Philip Street.

When they arrived, a man was found on the scene. The driver in the crash had fled the scene before officers arrived. The man was taken to a local hospital where he later died from his injuries.

No further details are available at this time. The NOPD is in the process of gathering evidence and information to determine a possible motive and suspect.

The Orleans Parish Coroner’s Office will release the man’s identity after an autopsy is done and the family is notified.

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