Driver Scott Landry dies after pulled from submerged 18-wheeler after driving into canal off I-10 in New Orleans, Louisiana

Modified Date: 
Fri, 09/30/2016 - 8:10am
Accident Date: 
Wednesday, September 14, 2016

Driver pulled from submerged 18-wheeler off I-10, condition uncertain; I-10 east closed

Thomas Carbone, who was traveling to work on another vehicle along the interstate, told WWL he saw the truck as it veered off the highway and crashed into the canal. Carbone said he jumped in the water with another man and a woman to try to open the cabs windows, but were unable to do so. He said the water had reached the top of the cab by the time they got in the water. 

 

Driver pulled from submerged 18-wheeler dies at hospital

The driver of a tractor trailer that plunged into a waterway off Interstate 10 on Wednesday morning (Sept. 14) was pronounced dead at the hospital, New Orleans police said.

 

Mississippi man ID'd as driver killed in submerged 18-wheeler

Scott Landry, a Mississippi native and father of two, has been identified by relatives as the tractor-trailer driver who died Wednesday morning (Sept. 14) when his 18-wheeler plunged into the waterway off Interstate 10 in New Orleans

People Involved: 
Scott Landry
Roadway: 
Interstate 10

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