EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH, LA. (THECOUNT) — David Copening, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, has been identified as the pedestrian in a fatal hit-and-run vehicle collision early Thursday morning.
Copening, 41, was killed after he was struck by a hit-and-run driver early Thursday morning in East Baton Rouge Parish.
According to reports, Copening was on-foot in the area of Joor Road near Mickens Road, when he was struck by a vehicle that then fled the scene around 2 a.m. Thursday.
Copening was pronounced dad at the scene of blunt force trauma injuries.
Anyone with possible information on the deadly incident should contact state police at 225-754-8500.
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Geo quick facts: East Baton Rouge Parish is the most populous parish in the U.S. state of Louisiana. As of the 2010 census, the population was 440,171. The parish seat is Baton Rouge, Louisiana’s state capital. East Baton Rouge Parish is located inside of the Baton Rouge, LA Metropolitan Statistical Area – Wikipedia.
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