Louisiana State Police are investigating after a passenger-turned-pedestrian from San Benito, Texas, died following an altercation with the driver and after getting hit twice by vehicles traveling on Interstate 10 west of Crowley near mile marker 79.
If you're heading towards Texas or Baton Rouge over the next few days be prepared as Louisiana Department of Transportation crews will be working on the two bridges that stand between Lafayette and those travel destinations.
It's that wonderful time of the year when families fire up their vehicles and drive across Acadiana, Louisiana, or even out of state to see other family members during the holiday season.
It is particularly perplexing that some of these people who she reports to have seen driving in an unsafe manner are likely parents who just dropped off their own children.
It's frustrating for some at the end of a long day when the only thing you want to do in the world is get the heck home and relax and DoorDash something delicious. And since more and more people are moving here, the traffic is going to reflect that. Thankfully, the city has plans in place to make that better. But of course, projects of that magnitude take time to bring to fruition.
So, in the meantime, here we are.
As someone who has traveled across much of this country and the world, for that matter, I can say with confidence that we have some of the worst traffic lights here in Texas.