Posted on 04/05/2017 5:33:42 PM PDT by BBell
Ryan Marchand, the 14-year-old boy hit by a car in Metairie Monday evening, died Tuesday night, according to the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office.
Ryan had been hospitalized at University Medical Center in New Orleans since he was gravely injured in the accident, which occurred just before 7 p.m. at the intersection of West Metairie Avenue and North Starrett Road, said Col. John Fortunato, spokesman for the department.
He was riding a skateboard when an unidentified, 29-year-old woman hit him on westbound West Metairie Avenue. The woman told deputies she didn't immediately realized she'd struck a person.
The woman stopped after hitting something in the roadway, Fortunato said. That's when she saw Ryan in the nearby drainage canal, where he landed after the impact. Several others stopped to help Ryan before he was transported to University Medical Center.
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I don't have time to read the frikken articles.
I read FR excerpts and comments. Why would I read the article when the best minds are commenting here on FR.
Tell me about it. Right before I moved to Texas, in Philly, I was driving down our one way street parking on both sides and driveways left and right. I caught this young girl about 6 out of the corner of my eye riding her bike on the sidewalk. Thankfully I kept an eye on her because she drove right down the skirting and right in front of me across the street. To this day I am so thankful I was able to stop in time. It scared the living sheet out of me.Trust me I’ve been in some super situations in the military and my other government job but that for sure was the scariest event in my life.
I doubt they will lead you to much wisdom.
But I am a humble guy.
Of all Freepers I know, you are the only one that follows my "posts."
Kinda creepy.
Go to my home page and click on my "in forum."
See if they are as you surmise.
Yes that's creepy, but you seem to like it.
She wasn’t cited. And she didn’t attempt to flee. She deserves the benefit of the doubt.
Sunset was 7:21. If she was heading west she could have had the sun in her eyes, although neither of these are addressed in the article.
It’s a time honored tradition here at FR to just read the excerpts and post. I’m just joking so don’t take it personally.
“Sad death, for sure, but where were his parents and why was he out on the streets that late at night? “
It was 7PM——he was 14——that’s hardly late.
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RIP.
You beat me to it.
7 PM would have been supper at most homes with children. After supper, you don’t let your children go out and play in the street if you have any sense.
Actually, it was addressed in the article. It says the driver was heading westbound on West Metarie Avenue - in other words, she was probably driving into a setting sun.
You are correct. I don’t know how I missed that. I must have muddled it when I read West Metarie Avenue.
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