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UPDATE: Arrest made in Ambassador fatality

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UPDATE: A Sunset man has been arrested in connection with the hit-and-run crash that left a pedestrian dead this past weekend.

Karl Matthew Miller Jr., 36, was booked with felony hit and run.

Earlier this week, Lafayette Police Department has identified the victim of a Sunday night hit and run fatality on Ambassador Caffery as 57-year-old Donald Jackson of Scott.

The Lafayette Police Department investigated the fatal hit and run vehicle crash on January 16 in the 2600 block of Ambassador Caffery Parkway.

According to the department, a Jackson was heading northbound on Ambassador Caffery Parkway, when he was struck by a vehicle also traveling northbound.

The vehicle did not stop and continued traveling northbound on Ambassador Caffery, they say.

The investigation is ongoing.

Anyone with information regarding the incident is asked contact the Lafayette Police Department or Lafayette Crime Stoppers at 232-TIPS.

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