An 18-wheeler crash on the Atchafalaya Basin Bridge has traffic backed up on I-10 East.

State police say one big rig and plowed into another between Henderson and Butte La Rose. The driver of the first truck is charged with following too closely.

Troopers have shut down one lane of traffic near the crash, causing a traffic jam stretching to the Lafayette/St. Martin Parish Line. Troopers are working to reopen the road, but no timetable has been set to reopen the highway.

No one was injured in the crash.

One crash on I-10 Eastbound in the Baton Rouge area had been cleared by 7 p.m. Tuesday, but another crash was still holding up traffic at LA 641/Gramercy, according to Louisiana State Police.

The crash, which occurred at about 6 p.m., involved a truck and has closed the right eastbound lane. Officials said traffic was backed up to Baton Rouge and suggested US 61 as an
alternate route.

Another crash, at mile post 169 past Highland Road, was cleared, police said.

ST. MARTIN PARISH, LA (WAFB)- Louisiana State Police said I-10 East was closed for a while Tuesday morning due to multiple crashes near Whiskey Bay on the Atchafalaya Basin Bridge.

All lanes were reopened just before 9:30 a.m.

Traffic remained backed up on I-10 East to Ambassador Caffery Parkway in Lafayette.

Traffic on I-10 East was diverted onto I-49 North due to the crash.

Drivers trying to get to the Baton Rouge area may still want to take I-49 North to Opelousas and then US 190 East to Baton Rouge.

No information was provided about the crashes.

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Brownsville man involved in fatal Louisiana accident

Posted: Sunday, June 9, 2013 9:59 am
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Updated: 10:02 am, Sun Jun 9, 2013.

Brownsville man involved in fatal Louisiana accident

St. Martin Parish, Louisiana -

Louisiana state police have released the name of a Beaumont woman killed in an accident on Interstate 10, east of Breaux Bridge.

She was 24-year-old Grace Lee, a graduate of Kelly High School in Beaumont.

A spokesperson told 12News the victim was one of four women in their twenties in a car heading eastbound on I-10. Friends of the victim tell 12News the four were headed to New Orleans for another friend’s bachelorette party.

The accident happened in St. Martin Parish at around 3:30 p.m. Friday.

A State police spokesperson said a pickup, driven by 30-year-old Angel Zermeno of Brownsville, was on I-10 pulling two other vehicles.  The third vehicle, a 2005 Jeep Liberty, broke free, crossed the median and smashed into the oncoming car with the four Beaumont women.

Lee was in the back seat and was thrown out of the car.  Investigators say she was not wearing a seatbelt.

Authorities say the three other women in the car, including driver Alycee Henley, were hurt, but their injuries are not life-threatening.

Charges are pending against the driver of the pickup that was towing the runaway car.

Troopers do not suspect impairment as a factor in this crash, but toxicology samples were taken and will be submitted

St. Martin Parish, Louisiana -

Louisiana state police have not released the name of a Beaumont woman killed in an accident on Interstate 10, just outside of Lafayette.

A spokesperson told 12News the victim was one of four women in their twenties in a car heading eastbound on I-10.

The accident happened in St. Martin Parish at around 3:30 p.m. Friday.

A State police spokesperson said a pickup was on I-10 pulling two other vehicles.  The third vehicle broke free, crossed the median and smashed into the oncoming car with the four Beaumont women.

The woman killed was in the back seat and was thrown out of the car.  Investigators say she was not wearing a seatbelt.

Authorities say the three other women in the car were hurt, but their injuries are not life-threatening.

Charges are pending against the driver of the pickup that was towing the runaway car.

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Inner Circle’s tour bus crashed outside Baton Rouge on June 4, 2013. Credit: NBC33.

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Inner Circle’s tour bus crashed outside Baton Rouge on June 4, 2013. Credit: NBC33.

NEW ORLEANS, LA (AP) -

New Orleans homicide detectives are investigating a deadly shooting on I-10.

Police say officers responded around 4:45 a.m. Thursday to a report of a traffic accident near the I-10-U.S. Highway 90 split.

When officers arrived, they found a car riddled with bullet holes had slammed into an overpass concrete support.

Officers said the 31-year-old driver was hit multiple times and died at the scene.

Police have not identified the victim or released a motive for the slaying.

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