HAMMOND - The Louisiana State Police responded to a crash that left the I-12 eastbound off-ramp to I-55 northbound partially blocked on Saturday morning near Hammond. According to troopers, the crash ... Read More

Louisiana State Police are investigating after a person was shot by Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office deputies Monday morning on Interstate 55 near Independence following a police chase that started ... Read More

HAMMOND - Around 1:20 a.m. Monday, troopers from Louisiana State Police Troop L responded to a single-vehicle crash involving a pedestrian on Interstate 12 near Louisiana Highway 1249 in Tangipahoa ... Read More

The injuries from Monday night's crash are significant and life threatening, Ponchatoula Police Chief Bry Layrisson said. Read More

All lanes are blocked on I-10 westbound near I-55 northbound on the Bonnet Carré Spillway due to a crash. Drivers are being asked to use an alternate route. Lanes have reopened on I-10 East at Mile ... Read More

Northshore drivers are asked to take an alternate route Monday morning after more than a dozen bales of hay spilled onto Interstate 12 eastbound on the I-55 overpass. According to the Louisiana State ... Read More

NEW ORLEANS - A 20-year-old woman from Amite was killed Saturday night in a single-vehicle crash in Tangipahoa Parish on Saturday. It happened on Louisiana Highway 1054 near Union Church Road, ... Read More

Crashes and a vehicle fire caused major delays Wednesday morning across the metro, with backups reported on Earhart Expressway, I-10 and the CCC. Read More

In the dark hours before dawn on Friday, a tragic incident unfolded on Interstate ... Louisiana State Police Troop A responded around 1:30 a.m. to the scene where 39-year-old James Burns of Amite ... Read More

Sometime in the dark of night on Feb. 28, three trucks left the yard of a well-known Ponchatoula recreational vehicle dealership, towing stolen fifth wheel campers valued at around $500,000 ... Read More

At least two Monday morning crashes led to heavy congestion on the Bonnet Carre Spillway, one I-10 Eastbound near I-55 Southbound just as many drivers hit the road.A left lane and left shoulder were ... Read More

Drivers are advised to seek other routes heading to New Orleans and should expect traffic delays. I-10 East is closed to traffic at I-55 due to an accident. Read More

Several vehicles were involved in a foggy pileup in Louisiana Friday morning. The incident happened on Interstate 55 northwest of New Orleans. A deadly crash blamed on "superfog" happened on the same ... Read More

A crash involving multiple commercial vehicles have shut down parts of Interstate 55 south in St. John the Baptist parish Friday morning, Feb. 7. Read More

The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development continued work to reopen interstates across south Louisiana Thursday, days after a historic snow storm along the Gulf Coast. Read More

Roberto Garcia, 61, of Baton Rouge, lost his life on Saturday morning, Dec. 28, while hunting on the Sandy Hollow Wildlife Management Area near Kentwood. According to the Louisiana Department of ... Read More

Around 6:30 p.m. Thursday, troopers with Louisiana State Police Troop L began investigating a serious injury crash involving two bicyclists on Louisiana Highway 1061 near Crawford Road in ... Read More

It was superfog created by a marsh fire that made it nearly impossible for drivers on Interstate 55 to see on the morning of Oct. 23, 2023, leading to one of the deadliest pileups in Louisiana ... Read More

Hundreds of dignitaries and world leaders are in the city for the 79th United Nations General Assembly, resulting in numerous road closures and traffic congestion in the area. Read More

St. John and St. James parishes remained under water conservation orders as of 11 a.m. Thursday. In St. John, sections of both Interstate 55 and U.S. Highway 51 were closed due to high water; in St. Read More

Credit: Julie Dermansky This is a guest post by environmental communication professor and Louisiana native Ned Randolph ... fire here in October caused a 160-car pileup on Interstate 55 that closed ... Read More

Ronald Britt was driving his 80,000-pound truck around 60 mph on Interstate 55 when he crashed into a vehicle in a '?super fog'? that spurred multiple crashes on the roadway, authorities said. The post ... Read More

Seven people were killed. The driver, Ronald Britt, is charged with negligent homicide in a crash that killed one of them. Read More

State police say through investigation they determined that Ronald Britt, 61, was driving a commercial vehicle northbound on I-55 in the left lane. Read More

While Topgolf is the drawing card for the development off Interstate 55 in Ridgeland, northeast of the Renaissance at Colony Park, the project has grown to include a national grocery store chain, an ... Read More

Detective Demond Memminger of the St. John Parish Sheriff's Office has been named Officer of the Fourth Quarter for his exceptional response to an accident on I-55. Sheriff Mike Tregre, along with ... Read More

Traffic is now allowed to go towards Ponchatoula from Laplace.The reopening comes three weeks to the day after a deadly 168-car pileup on the highway. That massive crash, which was the result of ... Read More

Dense smoke, reminiscent of last month's devastating "super fog," blanketed Louisiana once again, leading to a tragic crash and the subsequent closure of Interstate 10 in the New Orleans area early ... Read More

Crews working to repair the southbound lanes of Interstate 55 that were damaged during the deadly 168-vehicle pileup on Oct. 23 will close a portion of the highway for about ... Read More

The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development released an update Thursday on the timeline to reopen north-bound I-55 and complete repairs on ... for north-bound traffic between I-10 and ... Read More

Louisiana State Police reported Friday that seven people were killed in the I-55 multi-vehicle crash. Officials had previously reported eight deaths. Read More

At least seven people are dead after heavy fog caused more than 150 vehicles to crash Monday on Interstate 55 in Louisiana ... Mississippi along a north-south route between I-10 at Laplace and the ... Read More

THE DEADLY PILEUP ON INTERSTATE 55 stemmed from Louisiana's historic drought. The immediate cause of Monday's 168-car collision was '?superfog,'? formed when thick smoke from smoldering marsh fires ... Read More

The St. John the Baptist Coroner's Office released the names of seven of those killed in the Oct. 23 pile up that included 168 vehicles. Read More

The southbound lanes of Interstate 55 are scheduled to reopen at 10 a.m. Thursday morning, three days after a deadly, 168-vehicle pileup closed the highway in both directions, the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development said. However . Read More

I-55 southbound is anticipated to reopen this morning, October 26, 2023. The interstate will be reduced to one lane near the crash site for the time being. Read More

As the investigation into Monday's fatal multi-vehicle crash on I-55 continues, Louisiana State Police need your in gathering evidence.LSP investigators are asking anyone with dash camera video or cell phone video that captured the moments before, Read More

Seven people were killed and more than 25 people taken to hospital following the crash on Interstate 55 near New Orleans ... Read More

As Louisiana State Police continue their investigation into those crashes, engineers with DOTD are conducting a thorough examination of the interstate between I-10 and the Ponchatoula exit. That stretch of I-55 remains closed in both directions until Read More

The foggy morning began like any other for Qutub Nagy, a Louisiana chef known for his culinary prowess and radiant smile. Unbeknownst to him, this would be his last morning commute. On Interstate 55, ... Read More

The following information was released by Louisiana State Police: Read More

According to Louisiana State Police, troopers are in the process of removing the final group of cars involved in the I-55 crash. Read More

Monday night's additional death brings the death toll to eight (8). Troopers say at least 168 vehicles were involved in the cluster of crashes, up from the original report of 158. Originally, they reported 25 people had sustained minor to critical in Read More

It caused a series of horrific crashes that turned a section of Interstate 55 near New Orleans into a virtual junkyard ... ARE FIRES COMMON IN LOUISIANA MARSHES? They may be considered wetlands, but marshes can dry out, said Louisiana Agriculture ... Read More

Crews worked into Tuesday morning clearing the wreckage following a series of deadly crashes the day before on Interstate 55 near New Orleans. Officials blame a '?superfog'? of marsh fire ... Read More

After major fatal wrecks on La. interstate due to smoke and fog, DOTD explains process for bridge inspection and Read More

According to Louisiana State Police, troopers are in the process of removing the final group of cars involved in the I-55 crash. Read More

If you are commuting this morning, know that I-55 is closed in both directions near Ruddock and Manchac and a dense fog advisory is in place again for a second straight day. Read More

MANCHAC, La. (WVUE) - Survivors of Monday's deadly Interstate 55 crashes say they are grateful to be alive, but that the memories from the pileup are forever burned in their minds. '?Everybody had to run and get out their car so fast, because the mor Read More

The Louisiana State Police (LSP) said in a statement to PEOPLE that the accident took place on Interstate-55 in St. John the Baptist Parish, which is located 30 miles up the Mississippi River from New Orleans. The department's '?preliminary ... Read More

Deadly pileup blamed on fog, wildfire smoke 01:11 At least 7 people were killed in a Louisiana highway pileup Monday morning that involved at least 158 vehicles, state police said. The crash occurred on I-55 in St. John the Baptist Parish, just outsi Read More

Louisiana State Police shared aerial photos on their Facebook ... Traffic backed up for miles in both directions on I-55. The lack of visibility also prompted closures of parts of I-10 and the 24-mile (39-kilometer) Lake Pontchartrain Causeway at tim Read More

Emergency responders work at the scene of a pileup of vehicles on Interstate 55 near Manchac, La., Monday, Oct. 23, 2023. A '?superfog'? of smoke from south Louisiana marsh fires and dense morning fog caused multiple traffic crashes involving scores Read More

A '?superfog'? of smoke from south Louisiana marsh fires and dense morning fog caused multiple car crashes, turning I-55 into a narrow junkyard. Read More

A cluster of car crashes along Interstate 55 in both lanes shut down traffic west of New Orleans on Monday, Oct. 23, according to a traffic update from Louisiana State Police. Two people were killed ... Read More

At least two people are dead, with many more injured, after a pileup involving hundreds of vehicles on Interstate 55 in Louisiana early Monday, according to NOLA.com. Heavy smoke from two marsh fires, ... Read More

and class cancellations in southeast Louisiana. The incident primarily affected Interstates 55 and 10. The National Weather Service reported on Social media that there were multiple wetland fires in ... Read More

Three 18-wheelers were part of the more than two dozen crashes on Interstate 55, and fatalities are expected to rise ... Read More

Interstate 55 in Louisiana, a usually bustling thoroughfare ... Other nearby interstates, including 10 and 310, were also closed due to the increased traffic caused by the accident. As a result, ... Read More

Dense fog & smoke have combined to form what is known as Superfog (yes, it is the technical name) & this is still heavily impacting I-55 between Ponchatoula & LaPlace. The interstate was still closed ... Read More

At least two are dead after a massive pileup occurred on Interstate 55 in Louisiana involving at least 40 cars. Many others are reported injured in the horrific crash, local news outlets have reported ... Read More

"When I got above the fog, I noticed black smoke. It was before I heard about the unfortunate pile-up on I-55 southbound," Helg said. Read More

Dense fog & smoke have combined to form what is known as Superfog (yes, it is the technical name) & this is still heavily impacting I-55 between Ponchatoula & LaPlace. The interstate was still closed ... Read More

Videos and photos on social media showed at least one giant pile-up on Interstate 55 ... when combined with dense fog across southern Louisiana on Monday morning. The worst conditions occurred west of ... Read More

MANCHAC, La. (WVUE / Gray News) - Multiple crashes on Interstate 55, both north and southbound, have prompted closures in both directions in Louisiana, according to state police. At least two people are ... Read More

At least two people have died and around 30 more are injured following a massive pileup involving around 100 vehicles, authorities said Monday morning.It happened around Monday morning on Interstate ... Read More

Northbound traffic is being diverted to I-10, according to the Louisiana State Police, and southbound traffic is being diverted to U.S. Highway 51. I-10 is also closed in both directions along the ... Read More

Interstate 55 and the Twin Span are alternate routes the public is advised to take coming and going between the North and South shores. Read More

ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST PARISH, La. (WGNO) - Both directions of Interstate 55 are shut down in St. John the Baptist Parish on Monday, Oct. 23. According to the sheriff's office, multi-vehicle crashes ... Read More

A viewer-submitted video shows what I-55 looks like after multiple cars crashed Monday morning ... from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. at the Louisiana State Police Training Academy. Officials with the Baton ... Read More

Troopers are responding to multiple wrecks that occurred in both directions of Interstate-55 between Ruddock and Manchac, Louisiana State Police says. Heavy fog is hovering over the area, police say, ... Read More

MANCHAC, La. - What appears to be a chain-reaction crash involving multiple vehicles has led to one death and traffic closed on I-55 in both directions Monday morning. Social media videos and posts ... Read More

Dense fog along with a marsh fire created hazardous driving conditions Monday morning. The Causeway was closed in both directions for nearly two and a half hours during rush hour, causing many ... Read More

Several crashes resulting from Monday morning's heavy fog have forced closures on the southbound lanes of Interstate 55.According to Louisiana State Police, I-55 South is closed starting at mile ... Read More

RUDDOCK, La. (WVUE) - Multiple crashes on Interstate 55, both north and southbound, have prompted closures in both directions between Ruddock and Manchac, according to state police. Fog and smoke from ... Read More

Both directions of Interstate 55 are shut down in St. John the Baptist Parish on Monday, Oct. 23. Foggy start to Monday According to the sheriff's office, multi-vehicle crashes caused ... Read More

Funeral Services for Father Mark Beard will be held Thursday in Baton Rouge and Friday in Amite. Father Beard was killed in a car crash on I-55 near the Louisiana-Mississippi state line earlier ... Read More