Cuadrillas de obreros trabajaban el martes para retirar escombros en una carretera de Luisiana luego de que más de 150 vehículos chocaron entre sí debido a la combinación de humo de incendios y una densa niebla.
Siete personas murieron y por lo menos 25 resultaron heridas en la colisión múltiple ocurrida en la carretera interestatal 55 cerca de Nueva Orleans. Varias escuelas cancelaron o postergaron clases debido a las malas condiciones viales, mientras grúas se llevaban los escombros y carros retorcidos de la carretera.
Algunas personas se bajaron de sus vehículos y contemplaban atónitas el desastre desde la orilla, mientras otras pedían auxilio a gritos. Clarencia Patterson Reed, de 46, manejaba hacia Manchac con su esposa y sobrina y vio que otras personas le hacían señas para que frenara. Pero una vez que frenó, otros dos vehículos le chocaron por detrás y del lado, contó la mujer a The Associated Press.
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