Police: Pedestrian killed on Twin Span Bridge
The identity of the victim is being withheld pending notification to the family.
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The identity of the victim is being withheld pending notification to the family.
SLIDELL - A person who was walking along the shoulder of the Twin Span bridge in St. Tammany Parish was hit and killed Tuesday morning.
Truck driver Chris Ward was on his way to Mobile to drop off a load. WWL-TV spoke to him on the phone as he finally started moving.
UPDATE: In a statement Wednesday, DOTD said there is still no timeline for reopening I-55 after the deadly crash. Read the update here.
MANCHAC - A major chain reaction crash closed I-55 and left at least eight people dead near the Tangipahoa Parish line Monday morning as vehicles piled onto one another, some of them catching fire, in dense fog.