Welcome to DU!
The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards.
Join the community:
Create a free account
Support DU (and get rid of ads!):
Become a Star Member
Latest Breaking News
General Discussion
The DU Lounge
All Forums
Issue Forums
Culture Forums
Alliance Forums
Region Forums
Support Forums
Help & Search
New Orleans police seek driver who struck, killed former Omahan on New Year's Day
Original LBN post here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10141302606
Josh Woodruff, 28, was killed in New Orleans early New Year's Day after being hit by a vehicle and dragged for about six miles.
http://www.omaha.com/news/metro/new-orleans-police-seek-driver-who-struck-killed-former-omahan/article_3758ca60-84bc-58f0-8d70-b7f7a8f10033.html
POSTED: TUESDAY, JANUARY 5, 2016 12:00 AM | UPDATED: 2:05 PM, TUE JAN 5, 2016.
By Alia Conley / World-Herald staff writer
A Burke High graduate was killed in New Orleans early on New Year’s Day after being hit by a vehicle and dragged more than six miles.
Josh Woodruff, 28, was hit about 3 a.m. in the city’s French Quarter. Witnesses told New Orleans police that a black sedan with tinted windows struck the man and drove off.
Woodruff, a Harvard University graduate, had been working as director of customer strategy for startup company Soylent in Los Angeles.
He was in New Orleans with a friend to celebrate the New Year and was hailing an Uber early Friday when he was hit by a different car, Woodruff’s sister Heather Grizzle said.
FULL story at link.