The mayor of a small Louisiana town who was running for re-election was killed in a car crash on Election Day, authorities said.
Velma D. Hendrix, 84, was a passenger and not wearing a seat belt when the car she was in was struck by a pickup truck on a highway about 11 a.m. Tuesday, according to a statement from Louisiana State Police. She was later pronounced dead at a hospital, police said.
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Hendrix was the mayor of Melville. She was running for re-election, according to the St. Landry Parish Clerk.
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