NEW ORLEANS — The New Orleans Police Department is investigating a fatal accident in the New Orleans East that left one person dead.
Police received a call about a two-vehicle crash in the 10300 block of Almonaster Avenue around 5:30 a.m.
NOPD says a Toyota SUV and a white sedan were both driving east on Almonaster when the sedan clipped the back of the SUV. The sedan driver lost control, hit a light pole, and the car caught on fire.
The driver was trapped inside and killed. New Orleans Fire Department was called to the scene to put out the fire.
The driver of the SUV stayed at the scene and was not injured.
No other information is available at this time.
Anyone with information that can assist in this investigation is asked to call NOPD Traffic Fatality Unit investigators at 504-658-6205.
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