Deadly crash closes expressway overnight

A man is dead after an early morning crash on the expressway near the Crescent City Connection.

“New Orleans Police are investigating a fatal traffic accident on the Pontchartrain Expressway headed toward the east bank,” Sgt. Barry Fletcher said in a news release. “Police responded to a collision near the Tchoupitoulas exit on the Pontchartrain Expressway headed toward the east bank shortly before 2:00 am.”

He says it was a crash between an automobile and an 18-wheeler…

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