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NOPD: Bicyclist killed after running red light

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) – The NOPD is investigating a deadly crash between a bike and a truck.

Officers say the crash happened on May 17 around 11 p.m. in Central City.

Witnesses told police the 70-year-old on the bike was on Martin Luther King Blvd. when he went through a red light at S. Claiborne Ave. and hit a pickup truck.

The bicyclist was killed.

The driver of the truck, 35, is an off-duty New Orleans police officer. He was not injured.

Officers say they are waiting for an official coroner’s report and blood test.

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