Helicopter crash halts traffic on Louisiana interstate, troopers say
A fiery helicopter crash halted traffic on a busy Louisiana interstate, according to state police.
Troopers responded to the crash on I-10 eastbound at the Bonnet Carré Spillway Bridge around 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 14, WVUE reported, citing authorities.
Photos from the scene show the smoldering wreckage in the middle of the highway. So far, no injuries or fatalities have been reported.
McClatchy News reached out to the Federal Aviation Administration and is awaiting a response.
Troopers have closed I-10 eastbound at U.S. Highway 51 as crews work to clear the scene, authorities wrote on Twitter. Traffic is being diverted to the southbound lanes of U.S. Highway 51.
An Entergy outage map showed several hundred customers without power across Jefferson and St. John the Baptist Parishes as of 3 p.m. local time Tuesday.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
This story was originally published December 14, 2021 at 12:58 PM with the headline "Helicopter crash halts traffic on Louisiana interstate, troopers say."