A “superfog” of smoke from south Louisiana marsh fires and dense morning fog caused multiple traffic crashes involving scores of cars Monday, killing at least one person and turning Interstate 55 near New Orleans into a narrow junkyard of mangled cars and trucks, some of them burning.
The number of fatalities and the extent of the injuries remained unclear as of Monday afternoon. Gov. John Bel Edwards issued a call for blood donors and asked for prayers “for those hurt and killed.”
