LaPLACE, La. ( AP) — Authorities say five people were killed when a driver going the wrong way crashed into another vehicle on Interstate 10 outside New Orleans.
Louisiana State Trooper Nick Manale says a driver was traveling eastbound in the westbound lanes of I-10 near LaPlace early today and crashed head-on with another vehicle with four inside. The car traveling the wrong way burst into flames. All five people died at the scene.
Manale says an 18-wheeler then sideswiped the wreck and another vehicle hit the 18- wheeler. The drivers of those vehicles suffered only minor injuries.
Manale says the westbound lanes of I-10 were closed and traffic was being diverted.
LaPlace is about 25 miles west of New Orleans.
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