BATON ROUGE - One person is dead and another was taken to a hospital after a vehicle reportedly struck the pair as they were walking along Florida Boulevard Tuesday afternoon.

The crash happened shortly before 2 p.m. on Florida Boulevard, east of Sherwood Forest Boulevard. 

According to the Baton Rouge Police Department, a driver attempted to merge into another lane and hit another car that struck the pedestrians. 

Officers did not release the name of the deceased. 

No information was given to indicate that a ticket will be issued.

This is a developing story.