BATON ROUGE- Police are investigating a crash that left a homeless person dead on a busy Baton Rouge roadway Thursday.

The incident occurred around 7:30 p.m. in the 9100 block of Airline Highway near Goodwood Boulevard.

Authorities identified the person killed as 47-year-old Jennifer Richardson. Police say Richardson was trying to cross the road when she was hit by a pick-up truck.

The driver of the truck was uninjured. 

The investigation is ongoing.