LORANGER - A 73-year-old man from Loranger was hit and killed while he was in a wheelchair, traveling along a Tangipahoa Parish highway early Tuesday morning. 

Louisiana State Police said Keith Guidry was traveling southbound in the northbound lane of La. 445 near Gilderport Road around 6 a.m. when he was hit. He died at the scene. 

Troopers said a toxicology sample was taken from the driver who hit Guidry. No more information was immediately available.