Crews clear wreckage after ‘super fog’ causes highway crashes in Louisiana
Crews worked through the night clearing the wreckage of more than 150 vehicles involved in a series of crashes on Interstate 55 near New Orleans caused by a “super fog” of marsh fire smoke and dense fog that killed at least seven people and injured another 25.
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BRETT DUKE/THE TIMES-PICAYUNE/THE NEW ORLEANS ADVOCATE VIA AP
Emergency responders work at the scene of a pileup of vehicles on Interstate 55 near Manchac, La., Monday, Oct. 23. A “super fog” of smoke from south Louisiana marsh fires and dense morning fog caused multiple traffic crashes involving scores of cars Monday, turning I-55 near New Orleans into a narrow junkyard of mangled cars and trucks, some of them burning.BRETT DUKE/THE TIMES-PICAYUNE/THE NEW ORLEANS ADVOCATE VIA AP
A boat with the Manchac, La., Volunteer Fire Department works at the scene of a pileup of vehicles on Interstate 55 near Manchac, Monday, Oct. 23. A “super fog” of smoke from south Louisiana marsh fires and dense morning fog caused multiple traffic crashes involving scores of cars Monday, turning I-55 near New Orleans into a narrow junkyard of mangled cars and trucks, some of them burning.BRETT DUKE/THE TIMES-PICAYUNE/THE NEW ORLEANS ADVOCATE VIA AP
A vehicle is seen in the water below Interstate 55 near Manchac, La., Monday, Oct. 23. A “super fog” of smoke from south Louisiana marsh fires and dense morning fog caused multiple traffic crashes involving scores of cars Monday, turning I-55 near New Orleans into a narrow junkyard of mangled cars and trucks, some of them burning.BRETT DUKE/THE TIMES-PICAYUNE/THE NEW ORLEANS ADVOCATE VIA AP
Workers remove heavily damaged vehicles from Interstate 55 near Manchac, La., Monday, Oct. 23. A “super fog” of smoke from south Louisiana marsh fires and dense morning fog caused multiple traffic crashes involving scores of cars Monday, turning I-55 near New Orleans into a narrow junkyard of mangled cars and trucks, some of them burning.ASSOCIATED PRESS
In this aerial photo, responders are seen near wreckage in the aftermath of a multi-vehicle pileup on I-55 in Manchac, La., Monday, Oct. 23. A “super fog” of smoke from south Louisiana marsh fires and dense morning fog caused multiple traffic crashes involving scores of cars.ASSOCIATED PRESS
In this aerial photo, responders are seen near wreckage in the aftermath of a multi-vehicle pileup on I-55 in Manchac, La., Monday, Oct. 23. A “super fog” of smoke from south Louisiana marsh fires and dense morning fog caused multiple traffic crashes involving scores of cars.ASSOCIATED PRESS
In this aerial photo, responders are seen near wreckage in the aftermath of a multi-vehicle pileup on I-55 in Manchac, La., Monday, Oct. 23. A “super fog” of smoke from south Louisiana marsh fires and dense morning fog caused multiple traffic crashes involving scores of cars.ASSOCIATED PRESS
In this aerial photo, responders are seen near wreckage in the aftermath of a multi-vehicle pileup on I-55 in Manchac, La., Monday, Oct. 23. A “super fog” of smoke from south Louisiana marsh fires and dense morning fog caused multiple traffic crashes involving scores of cars.ASSOCIATED PRESS
In this aerial photo, responders are seen near wreckage in the aftermath of a multi-vehicle pileup on I-55 in Manchac, La., Monday, Oct. 23. A “super fog” of smoke from south Louisiana marsh fires and dense morning fog caused multiple traffic crashes involving scores of cars.ASSOCIATED PRESS
In this aerial photo, responders are seen near wreckage in the aftermath of a multi-vehicle pileup on I-55 in Manchac, La., Monday, Oct. 23. A “super fog” of smoke from south Louisiana marsh fires and dense morning fog caused multiple traffic crashes involving scores of cars.ASSOCIATED PRESS
In this aerial photo, responders are seen near wreckage in the aftermath of a multi-vehicle pileup on I-55 in Manchac, La., Monday, Oct. 23. A “super fog” of smoke from south Louisiana marsh fires and dense morning fog caused multiple traffic crashes involving scores of cars.ASSOCIATED PRESS
In this aerial photo, responders are seen near wreckage in the aftermath of a multi-vehicle pileup on I-55 in Manchac, La., Monday, Oct. 23. A “super fog” of smoke from south Louisiana marsh fires and dense morning fog caused multiple traffic crashes involving scores of cars.ASSOCIATED PRESS
In this aerial photo, responders are seen near wreckage in the aftermath of a multi-vehicle pileup on I-55 in Manchac, La., Monday, Oct. 23. A “super fog” of smoke from south Louisiana marsh fires and dense morning fog caused multiple traffic crashes involving scores of cars.ASSOCIATED PRESS
In this aerial photo, responders are seen near wreckage in the aftermath of a multi-vehicle pileup on I-55 in Manchac, La., Monday, Oct. 23. A “super fog” of smoke from south Louisiana marsh fires and dense morning fog caused multiple traffic crashes involving scores of cars.ASSOCIATED PRESS
In this aerial photo, responders are seen near wreckage in the aftermath of a multi-vehicle pileup on I-55 in Manchac, La., Monday, Oct. 23. A “super fog” of smoke from south Louisiana marsh fires and dense morning fog caused multiple traffic crashes involving scores of cars.