An 80-year-old man from Roanoke was killed Wednesday and his wife was critically injured in a crash in Louisiana.

PORT ALLEN, La. (WAFB/WDBJ) - A Roanoke man was killed when he and his wife were hit in traffic in Louisiana Wednesday night, according to the West Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s Department and WDBJ7 sister station WAFB.

The West Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s Office is investigating after a truck hit a couple who were walking on the highway Wednesday night, March 12.