Police: Driver dies after crashing into abandoned car on interstate, toppling over guardrail
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TANGIPAHOA PARISH - A driver died Sunday after crashing into another car on the interstate and toppling over the guardrail into the water.
The incident occurred just before 1 a.m. on Interstate 55 near Manchac. According to reports, the victim was driving northbound when they suddenly swerved onto the right shoulder, crashing into an abandoned Ford Explorer parked there and continuing over the rail.
The car landed upside down in the water, becoming completely submerged. The impact of the collision sent the Ford Explorer hurtling into a lane of traffic, where it hit another car.
A three-car crash leaves one person dead in Manchac
Troopers said the driver of the Toyota Corolla went over the guardrail and landed upside down in a body of water and was completely submerged.
Credit: AP
FILE - This Sept. 25, 2020, file photo, shows a Louisiana State Police vehicle in Louisiana. New court filings show Louisiana State Police troopers joked in a group text about beating a Black man after a high-speed chase last year, saying the beating would give the man “nightmares for a long time.” The May 2020 arrest of Antonio Harris bears strong resemblance to the State Police pursuit a year earlier that ended in the still-unexplained death of Ronald Greene. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)