Shreveport Police Dept.

Date: January 18, 2007

Phone: 318/673-6932 Fax: 318/673-6933

Contact: Kacee Hargrave, Public Information Officer

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

I-20 lanes closed for accident reconstruction

This event (see below) was postponed because of bad weather. It has now been tentatively rescheduled to Saturday morning, Jan. 27, between 5 and 9 a.m., weather permitting. I will send out a reminder closer to the date, but many folks have asked me when this was taking place.

A portion of westbound Interstate 20 near Hearne Avenue will be closed for a short time Sunday morning to allow for crash investigators to reconstruct the scene of a fatal accident that occurred there in December.

It is currently unknown how many lanes will be closed, but traffic will still flow along the interstate, although very slowly, between the hours of 5 a.m. and 9 a.m. this Sunday.  The accident under investigation involved an 18-wheeler rear-ending a Lincoln resulting in the death of a 4-month-old boy and the critical injuring of his mother.

Drivers who normally drive westbound along Interstate 20 on Sunday mornings are asked to avoid the area.

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