SLIDELL, La. — The westbound lanes of the Twin Spans reopened around 6:45 p.m. Sunday after being closed for nearly 10 hours following a crash in which an 18-wheeler truck overturned and its driver was dumped into Lake Pontchartrain.
According to NOLA.com, St. Tammany deputies rescued the driver from the lake. He appeared to only have minor injuries.
The truck blocked the entire westbound expanse of the spans and traffic was diverted to either Highway 90 or Highway 11. Traffic backups reached up to a mile at times.