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2 cars left teetering on guardrail after big pileup leaves one dead, Louisiana cops say

Five others were injured, including a 3-year-old girl, police said.
Five others were injured, including a 3-year-old girl, police said. Scott Rodgerson via Unsplash

A rear-end crash on Interstate 10 in Louisiana snowballed into a multi-vehicle pileup, killing one, police said.

The crash happened at 8:30 a.m. on May 1 near the exit intersection of I-10 West and Crowder Boulevard in New Orleans, the police department said in a news release.

A driver of a Cadillac Escalade struck a Honda Civic from behind, which led to a pileup that involved six cars, according to the release.

Two crashed cars ended up perched on a guardrail beside the roadway, police said.

The following drivers were involved in the pileup, according to the release:

  • A 34-year-old man driving a Honda Civic, was pronounced dead at the scene.
  • A 48-year-old woman driving a Cadillac Escalade is in stable condition.
  • A 38-year-old woman driving a Kia Forte is in stable condition.
  • A 57-year-old man driving a Chevrolet Silverado did not report injuries.
  • A 58-year-old woman driving a Toyota Tacoma is in stable condition.
  • A 34-year-old woman driving a Mercedes Benz SUV and her passenger, a 3-year-old girl, are both in stable condition.

The driver of the Toyota Tacoma and the Mercedes Benz were atop the guardrail after crashing, police said.

An investigation into the crash is ongoing, according to police. Anyone with information is asked to contact the New Orleans Police Department at 504-821-2222.

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This story was originally published May 1, 2023 at 1:05 PM with the headline "2 cars left teetering on guardrail after big pileup leaves one dead, Louisiana cops say."

Alison Cutler
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Alison Cutler is a National Real Time Reporter for the Southeast at McClatchy. She graduated from the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University and previously worked for The News Leader in Staunton, VA, a branch of USAToday.
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