NEW ORLEANS — Two men were killed and three other people are in critical condition following a shooting on the I-10 Service Road near Bundy that caused a car to smash through a fence, enter I-10 and crash into another vehicle Monday evening.
The crash occurred in the westbound lanes between Read and Crowder Blvd. and closed that section of I-10 for hours.
Police said two men traveling in a black Dodge vehicle suffered fatal gunshot wounds. Their vehicle was traveling on the service road near Bundy when the shooting occurred. As a result of the shooting, the Dodge veered through a fence and onto the interstate where it crashed into a white Nissan vehicle.
Inside of the Nissan, officers said they found a woman had also suffered a gunshot wound and a 35-year-old man and 38-year-old woman who were critically injured in the crash.
All three of those people were taken to the hospital by emergency vehicles.
Police are investigating both the shooting and the crash. Anyone with information on either event is asked to call Crimestoppers at 822-1111.
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