SLIDELL, La. — A woman is dead after a crash on Interstate 10 in St. Tammany Parish, according to Louisiana State Police Troop L.
The accident happened around 1 a.m. Friday morning and claimed the life of 37-year-old Brittany Rawson of Elberta, Alabama, state police said.
Troopers said Rawson was riding as a passenger in a 2014 BMW X1, driven by 42-year-old Andre Fontana on I-10, when the BMW crashed into the rear of a Freightliner tractor-trailer.
State police said Rawson was not wearing a seatbelt at the time of the crash and was taken to a nearby hospital where she later died due to her injuries.
Fontanta also was not wearing a seatbelt and suffered serious injuries. He was taken to a hospital.
The driver of the trailer was wearing his seatbelt and was uninjured.
No further information is available at this time.
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