NEW ORLEANS — A longtime New Orleans firefighter was killed early Thursday morning in a crash on Interstate 10 westbound in Ascension Parish, marking the third NOFD firefighter to die in the past three weeks.
According to Louisiana State Police, 41-year-old Dwayne Jackson was driving a 2006 Nissan Titan westbound near mile marker 170 around 1:30 a.m. when his truck collided with the back of a Freightliner tractor-trailer.
Investigators say the tractor-trailer was “attempting to enter the roadway from the right shoulder.”…