Bastrop man struck, killed by car

Published On: Nov 25 2012 04:52:21 PM CST
BASTROP, La. -

Police say a Bastrop man died when he was struck by a car as he stood alongside a road in Morehouse Parish.

   The News-Star reports http://tnsne.ws/YgC1NG that the pedestrian, 51-year-old Billy Smith, was pronounced dead at the scene of the collision late Saturday.

   The Louisiana State Police says a 58-year-old Bastrop woman was driving north on U.S. 165 when her vehicle struck Smith.

   The crash remained under investigation, but alcohol wasn't suspected to be a factor.

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