NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — Officers with the New Orleans Police Department are investigating a fatal accident that left a woman dead, and two men injured on Tuesday, Jan. 13.
According to the NOPD, around 4:01 p.m. officers were called to Almonaster Avenue near Jourdan Road where a dump truck had rear-ended an SUV. For unknown reasons, the SUV was stopped in the left lane of West-bound Almonaster, when the dump truck slammed into the back of it, sending it airborne onto the neutral ground where it flipped over.
NOPD officials said one man, who was outside of the SUV apparently dealing with car trouble, was critically injured in the crash and another man inside of the SUV was also critically injured. Both were taken to a local hospital for treatment. A woman inside the SUV was declared dead at the scene.
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The driver of the dump truck did not report any injuries, and is cooperating with the investigation, according to NOPD…