UPDATE ON CRASH INVESTIGATION INVOLVING PEDESTRIAN FROM THE WEEKEND

On Saturday April 22, 2017 @ 11:31 p.m. a patrol officer with the Morgan City Police Department was in the area of LA 182 and Ditch Avenue in Morgan City, LA. The officer observed a male subject enter LA 182 from the north side of the highway directly in front of a 2012 Lincoln MKZ that was traveling east bound. According to reports the officer observed the subject stop in the middle of the highway directly in front of the vehicle. The subject was struck by the vehicle and suffered substantial injuries. The male subject, identified as 42 year old Benjamin T. Wever of Morgan City, was transported to Lafayette, LA due to his injuries and is currently listed in stable but guarded condition. The driver of the vehicle was not cited in relation to the crash. Chemical test were administered and alcohol is not  suspected as a factor in the crash in regards to the driver.