A “superfog” of smoke from south Louisiana marsh fires and dense morning fog caused multiple traffic crashes involving scores of cars Monday, killing at…
marsh fires and dense morning fog caused multiple traffic crashes involving scores of cars Monday, killing at least one person and turning Interstate 55The number of fatalities and the extent of the injuries remained unclear as of Monday afternoon. Gov. John Bel Edwards issued a call for blood donors and asked for prayers “for those hurt and killed.”
School buses were summoned to transport stranded motorists from the accident sites on the elevated I-55, which passes over swamp and open waters between lakes Pontchartrain and Maurepas. At midday, state police told reporters at the scene that one vehicle went over the highway guardrail and into the water, but the driver escaped unharmed.
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