Justice · Elysian Fields hit-and-runElysian Fields crash: Woman killed; police seek blue sedan with spare tireAired October 29, 2026 at 10:43 PM UTCWritten October 29, 2026 at 10:46 PM UTCRead the write-upThis storyTranscript · LOADING0:07A driver struck and killed a woman, then drove away.0:10New Orleans police say a confrontation over the woman's belongings came before the0:13fatal collision on Elysian Fields Avenue.0:16The driver remains unidentified.0:18Investigators are trying to determine who drove away and what happened during that0:21encounter.0:22Third district officers reached the three thousand one hundred block of Elysian0:26Fields Avenue around two fifteen ampers.0:29m.0:30Thursday, October20,9,2026 , they found the woman injured.0:35She was pronounced dead at the scene.0:37Police say the woman had bought several items before another woman took them from0:40outside her vehicle.0:41Their preliminary account describes a demand for those belongings, followed by the0:45collision.0:46Police say the victim approached the other woman who was sitting inside her own0:49vehicle and demanded her property back.0:52Police allege that woman then struck the victim with the vehicle and fled.0:55Police haven't said whether the driver struck the woman intentionally.0:58Detectives are gathering evidence and information to identify whoever was1:02responsible.1:03Police described the suspect as a white woman.1:05They're looking for a blue sedan with a spare tire on the front passenger side.1:09That tire is the distinctive feature in the vehicle description investigators have1:12released.1:13The traffic fatality unit's investigative number is five hundred and four minus six1:17hundred and fifty eight minus six thousand two hundred five.1:19Crime Stoppers of Greater New Orleans accepts anonymous tips at five hundred and1:22four minus eight hundred twenty two minus one thousand one hundred eleven or toll,1:26free at one minus eight hundred seventy seven minus nine hundred three.1:28Stop.1:29The woman's name hasn't been released.1:31The Orleans Parish Coroner's Office will announce her identity and official cause of1:35death after an autopsy and notification of her family.Explore with HeyDexFollow via RSS
