BATON ROUGE — This week in WBRZ history, a 20-hour traffic nightmare that still lives in the minds of residents more than a decade later struck Baton Rouge.
On Aug. 21, 2012, a car and several 18-wheelers were involved in a crash on I-10 eastbound at Essen Lane. One of the big rigs was hauling the hazardous chemical isobutane.
Law enforcement closed the interstate through Baton Rouge, causing havoc on surface streets as people tried to maneuver the wreck. More than 100,000 people used an alternate route, WBRZ reported at the time…