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Monday, December 30, 2013
A 63-year-old Pearl River man was killed Tuesday night (Dec. 31) after a three-vehicle accident on Interstate 10 eastbound near Causeway Boulevard in Jefferson Parish, according to Louisiana State Police Troop B. The accident happened shortly before 11 p.m. after authorities say William Grosz lost control of his 2006 Mazda Miata and collided with two vehicles as he attempted to merge into eastbound I-10 traffic from the Causeway Boulevard on-ramp.
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Saturday, December 21, 2013

Three police officers were injured while investigating a car crash on Interstate 10, New Orleans police.

According to preliminary reports, the accident happened on I-10 near the Esplanade exit about 2 a.m.

Police said the officers were standing outside their cars when a car being driven by Percy Smith, 34, crashed into them, according to a NOPD spokesman.

The three officers - who were all on duty at the time of the accident - were brought to an area hospital where they were treated for minor injuries.

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Wednesday, December 18, 2013
One person has died after a collision involving a city Regional Transit Authority bus near Southern University of New Orleans' campus. The wreck happened around 12:30 p.m. in the 6400 block of Press Drive, according to the New Orleans Police Department. A motorist ran into the back of the RTA bus, police said. That person, who was not named immediately named by authorities, was taken to a hospital. The death was reported to police around 1:30 p.m.
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Sunday, December 8, 2013

N.O.P.D. says a man died and a woman was critically injured in a single car accident in the Desire neighborhood.

Police say a 47-year-old woman was driving eastbound on I-10 near the Louisa Street exit ramp at about 10:15 a.m. when she lost control of her vehicle and struck a metal light pole and a concrete guard barrier.

She was in critical condition, and a male passenger died at the hospital, according to police.

An investigation into the accident is ongoing.

No more information was immediately available.

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Sunday, November 24, 2013
New Orleans police arrested a 44-year-old man Saturday evening for his alleged involvement in a multiple car pile-up that sent a 29-year-old woman and her 2-year-old nephew falling off the Interstate 10 high rise bridge in eastern New Orleans a week ago. Police booked Ervin Freeman into Central Lockup around 9 p.m. with two counts of manslaughter and one count of felony hit-and-run.
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Saturday, November 23, 2013
The New Orleans Police Department says it's close to making an arrest in Sunday's deadly hit-and-run accident on the Interstate 10 Highrise. Police say it happened shortly after 1 a.m. Sunday. Danielle Rhone, 29, and her nephew, 2-year-old Kaedan Body, both died. According to police, the car Rhone was driving stalled near the top of the Highrise due to mechanical problems.