At least seven people were killed and two dozen injured.
NEW ORLEANS — At least seven people were killed Monday after a “superfog” of smoke from marsh fires and dense morning fog caused a series of wrecks onAn estimated 158 vehicles were involved and 25 people injured, according to the Louisiana State Police, who warned the death toll could climb as.
Clarencia Patterson Reed was driving with her wife and niece and could see people waving their hands for her to stop, but when she did her car was hit from behind and on the side by two other vehicles, she told Another driver Christopher Coll, said he was already braking when a pickup truck “drove up on top of my work trailer and took me for a ride.”
While 25 people were transported to the hospital, with injuries ranging from minor to critical, others sought medical aid on their own, authorities said.
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