No less than 18 tractor-trailers had been concerned in enormous Louisiana pileup
A 20-mile-long portion of Interstate 55 in St. John the Baptist Parish close to New Orleans stays closed at the moment following crashes involving at the very least 158 autos — together with at the very least 18 tractor-trailers — that claimed the lives of seven individuals and brought about accidents to quite a few others.
Louisiana State Police say the part of the interstate beginning at about mile marker No. 1 northbound and mile marker No. 22 southbound is predicted to be closed for the “foreseeable future,” based on NOLA.com.
The pileups that occurred Monday morning are being blamed on a mixture of what climate officers known as “tremendous fog” and smoke from a close-by wildfire.
Fox Climate stories as many as 18 tractor-trailers had been concerned within the crashes that started shortly after 9 a.m. Police report three tractor-trailers collided within the northbound lanes of I-55, caught hearth, and had been destroyed. A tanker loaded with what officers stated was a hazardous liquid was additionally concerned in a collision.
The Louisiana Division of Transportation and Growth stated it plans to examine the bridges the place crashes occurred for injury from the fireplace involving the 18-wheelers.
