NEW ORLEANS — I-10 along the Bonnet Carre Spillway has reopened after closing for repairs earlier Sunday.
According to Entergy, crews made repairs to the transmission system during a five-hour span.
The repairs were needed after a Bell 407 helicopter crashed onto I-10 on Tuesday afternoon. Entergy Louisiana said that the crash caused damage to transmission infrastructure and knocked out power to around 20,000 customers.
"All indications are that the helicopter coming into contact with our lines caused the outage," an Entergy spokesperson said. "Once the site is safe, we will assess damage to our equipment and begin making necessary repairs."
Joshua Hawley, the helicopter's pilot, was killed in the crash. He worked as a pilot and Fleet and Technology Manager for the Five-S Group, a construction company out of Baton Rouge. He was a father of three children, all under the age of eight.
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