FROM ABC13
NEW ORLEANS, LA (KTRK) —
Two people are dead and dozens injured after a bus driven by an unlicensed driver crashed into the scene of a previous minor traffic accident.
The crash occurred just before 7am Sunday on I-10 near LaPlace. According to Louisiana State Police, a charter bus crashed into an active accident investigation, tossing three firemen over the highway guardrail.
One of the firemen, District Fire Chief Spencer Chauvin, was pronounced dead at a local hospital. The other two firemen were transported for medical care.
A victim still in one of the vehicles from the original accident was also killed in the bus crash; two of the vehicle’s other occupants were transported to area hospitals.
All of the charter bus’ passengers (which police estimate to be between 30 and 40) and the driver were transported with minor to moderate injuries. Several other people on the ground were also injured.
Police say the driver of the bus and many of its passengers were undocumented immigrants who had been hired to assist with cleanup and recovery efforts following devastating flooding that struck Louisiana earlier this month.
(Matthew Hinton/The Advocate)
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