A motorcyclist was killed in a single-vehicle accident on Thanksgiving in Lafitte, Jefferson Parish police report.

Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office police responded to an accident on Jean Lafitte Boulevard, near the intersection of Charles Street, police said, finding a motorcyclist who apparently lost control, went off the road and struck an embankment.

The motorcyclist, whose identity is being withheld pending family notification, was pronounced dead on the scene police said.