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• Storm evacuee returning home killed in fiery I-10 crash Thursday; truck driver charged Play Video

  September 9, 2021 4:25 PM

  GROSSE TETE - A man who fled southeast Louisiana to escape Hurricane Ida died in a fiery wreck while driving back home on I-10. The wreck happened Thursday afternoon I-10 East near the West Baton Rouge-Iberville Parish line. Authorities said an 18-wheeler slammed into multiple stopped vehicles on the... more »

• One dead in major wreck on I-10 near LA 415 Friday

  May 7, 2021 3:41 PM

  WEST BATON ROUGE - Police reopened I-10 to eastbound traffic Friday after a deadly crash shut down the interstate near LA 415 for hours. The wreck reportedly involved a tanker truck and closed eastbound lanes before the La. 415 exit around 2:30 p.m.. State Police began letting traffic through... more »

• Traffic Alert: Crash along I-10 West near College Drive cleared

  April 12, 2021 10:08 AM

  BATON ROUGE - According to Total Traffic and Weather Network , a Monday morning crash that occurred on I-10 WB at College Dr/Exit 158 has been cleared. The left shoulder was temporarily blocked, but as of 9:30 a.m., all vehicles involved have been removed from the scene of the... more »

• Basin Bridge passes inspection after fiery wreck; I-10 now open Play Video

  August 26, 2019 3:19 PM

  UPDATE: I-10 West is now open in St. Martin Parish. BUTTE LA ROSE – DOTD confirmed Wednesday it is inspecting a portion of the Basin Bridge where a fiery crash closed down I-10 for days. Photos shared by the department Wednesday showed crews in a bucket truck, checking... more »

• Man killed in I-10 crash early Saturday morning

  June 9, 2018 11:05 AM

  BATON ROUGE - A rear-end collision with a semi left a man dead Saturday. The early-morning crash happened on I-10 West just after the Highland Road exit. State Police said Patrick Joseph, 45, of Baton Rouge, ran his pickup into the back of the trailer of an 18-wheeler. ... more »

• Crash data shows hundreds of wrecks on notoriously deadly and dangerous stretch of I-10

  June 7, 2018 12:06 PM

  BATON ROUGE – There are nearly 800 crashes a year on a deadly stretch of I-10 between the Atchafalaya Basin and the Mississippi River Bridge. DOTD released the data in a new video posted on its Facebook page this week. The video is a stern message to distracted drivers... more »

• Two truckers dead in pileup involving 4 big rigs on I-10 Play Video

  October 30, 2017 6:46 AM

  GROSSE TETE – Four semis were involved in a nasty crash on I-10 near the West Baton Rouge/Iberville parish line early Monday morning. The crash left two people dead and closed I-10 between Lafayette and Baton Rouge for hours – until lunchtime. State Police identified the deceased as... more »

• Trucker implicated in pileup, death of 5-year-old booked into jail

  September 26, 2017 5:24 PM

  PORT ALLEN – A small child has died days after a five to seven-vehicle pileup on I-10 in West Baton Rouge, according to authorities. The West Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office says 5-year-old Xander Cruz died Thursday morning, days after the crash on I-10 East just before the Mississippi River... more »

• Stretch of I-10 damaged after fiery crash but safe for drivers, DOTD says

  April 20, 2017 8:47 AM

  PORT ALLEN – Road crews spent some of Thursday morning cleaning and removing debris that remained from a deadly, fiery wreck on I-10 hours earlier. Six people were injured and a 26-year-old was killed in a collision involving two 18-wheelers and three passenger vehicles Wednesday evening. The crash... more »

• Reports of baby, others trapped in a series of overnight wrecks on I-10

  April 2, 2017 8:41 AM

  WHISKEY BAY – Numerous wrecks closed a stretch of I-10 through Iberville Parish and required emergency care for several people overnight. Dispatchers sent ground ambulances, a medical helicopter and numerous police to wrecks on I-10 West near Whiskey Bay around four Sunday morning. For about two hours, authorities worked... more »

• Interstate open after pileup

  March 12, 2013 12:04 AM

  ASCENSION- Eastbound lanes of I-10 opened after being shut down for close to two hours Monday. Six cars and a moving van were involved in a crash near the Ascension/East Baton Rouge Parish lines. An eyewitness reported one vehicle swerved and was hit by the moving van. The first... more »