2 killed; 4-vehicle wreck included big rig, cattle trailer
DUSON, La. (AP) — Two Louisiana residents died in a wreck that involved four vehicles including a tractor-trailer and a pickup truck hauling calves in a trailer, Louisiana State Police said.
John Cooper Guidry, 30, of Iowa (EYE-oh-way) and Joshua Lee Babineaux, 34, of Lafayette died in the accident Tuesday on Interstate 10 near Duson, a news release said.
All other occupants of the four vehicles were injured. Babineaux’s family dog was killed, and a towing service reported that 11 older calves were killed, Trooper First Class Thomas Gossen said.
Police said a front tire blew on a 2011 Freightliner, which hit a Ford F250 pickup truck and dragged it across the median and into traffic shortly before 8 a.m. The big rig then hit a crossover SUV and a pickup that was pulling a livestock trailer.
Babineaux was driving the Toyota RAV 4 and Guidry was a passenger in the second pickup, a Dodge Ram, police said.
Guidry was not using a seat belt; damage to Babineaux’s SUV was so extensive that investigators could not tell if he had been buckled in, police said.
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All other drivers and passengers were treated for injuries ranging from minor to severe, police said.