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Crash clean up leads to bucket truck going over the side of the I10 bridge in Lake Chuck

Posted on 3/22/26 at 11:01 am
Posted by stout
Porte du Lafitte
Member since Sep 2006
181365 posts
Posted on 3/22/26 at 11:01 am
Multi-vehicle crash closes bridge after bucket truck goes over side

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A chain-reaction crash on a bridge sent three people to the hospital with minor injuries and later led to a bucket truck going over the side of the bridge, police said.

Police said that around 6:17 a.m., a single vehicle hit the barrier in the eastbound lanes, triggering a crash involving at least four vehicles.

Three people from that initial crash were transported to the hospital with minor injuries, according to authorities.

While Lake Charles Police worked that scene, police said a bucket truck swerved to avoid debris in the roadway, crossed over into westbound traffic, and went over the side of the bridge.

Authorities said the bucket truck went over the edge near the foot of the bridge. Police said the driver was not injured.

The crash remains under investigation.

The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development has announced the right lane on I-10 Westbound over the Calcasieu River Bridge is closed until further notice for inspection and repairs due to a crash. DOTD will issue an update once the lane is open.












Posted by foj1981
Baton Rouge
Member since Nov 2013
4238 posts
Posted on 3/22/26 at 11:04 am to
Gonna go grab me some iron pistols
Posted by stout
Porte du Lafitte
Member since Sep 2006
181365 posts
Posted on 3/22/26 at 11:06 am to
Yea I was thinking the same. That one hanging rail will be with the DOTD but there might be some in the water close to the bank that someone can magnet fish out
Posted by Tyga Woods
South Central Jupiter Island, FL
Member since Sep 2016
42135 posts
Posted on 3/22/26 at 11:08 am to
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Police said the driver was not injured.


Posted by member12
Bob's Country Bunker
Member since May 2008
33139 posts
Posted on 3/22/26 at 11:09 am to
This is the stuff of my nightmares.
Posted by TheGeauxt9
South Louisiana
Member since May 2021
910 posts
Posted on 3/22/26 at 11:15 am to
arse puckering situation
Posted by Tarps99
Lafourche Parish
Member since Apr 2017
12354 posts
Posted on 3/22/26 at 11:23 am to
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arse puckering situation


For some just crossing the bridge is enough to tighten the ye ole sphincter.

The bridge that would scare me the most is the Rainbow bridge in Port Arthur.



It has a vertical clearance of 177 feet. I think the new Mobile River bridge if ever built would have a taller clearance of 235 feet.

This post was edited on 3/22/26 at 9:37 pm
Posted by loogaroo
Welsh
Member since Dec 2005
41390 posts
Posted on 3/22/26 at 11:23 am to
People drive like assholes.
Posted by dallastiger55
Jennings, LA
Member since Jan 2010
33901 posts
Posted on 3/22/26 at 11:26 am to
I fear one day that bridge is gonna make national news and just collapse like the mothman prophecies
Posted by dallastiger55
Jennings, LA
Member since Jan 2010
33901 posts
Posted on 3/22/26 at 11:29 am to
Wait so that guy went off the bridge and fell into the water and had no injuries?
Posted by Shiftyplus1
Regret nothing that made you smile
Member since Oct 2005
14514 posts
Posted on 3/22/26 at 11:31 am to
I can't wait for that shitty fricking bridge to be gone. So like in 30 years.
Posted by nicholastiger
Member since Jan 2004
55452 posts
Posted on 3/22/26 at 12:13 pm to
That guy had to be freaking out big time
This is it I’m dead
No I survived

I think I would have had a heart attack and died
Posted by JackDempsey
Lake Charles
Member since May 2023
826 posts
Posted on 3/22/26 at 12:25 pm to
Near the foot of the bridge apparently.
Posted by SantaFe
Baton Rouge
Member since Apr 2019
7775 posts
Posted on 3/22/26 at 1:10 pm to

Someone has put a very strong Ju Ju on that bridge.
Posted by stout
Porte du Lafitte
Member since Sep 2006
181365 posts
Posted on 3/22/26 at 1:14 pm to
Bridge took a lot of damage










The bucket truck was pulling a trailer



Posted by BigDropper
Member since Jul 2009
8556 posts
Posted on 3/22/26 at 1:39 pm to
At first, I thought the arrow in this image was pointing to the bucket truck...

Posted by sledgehammer
SWLA
Member since Oct 2020
7005 posts
Posted on 3/22/26 at 1:48 pm to
Was that an Entergy bucket truck that fell?
Posted by SOLA
There
Member since Mar 2014
3759 posts
Posted on 3/22/26 at 2:13 pm to
That looks fairly high to go vaulting off a bridge with no injuries
Posted by TheFenceGuy
Member since Jan 2026
54 posts
Posted on 3/22/26 at 2:16 pm to
quote:

Was that an Entergy bucket


Everyone fixing to see a truck recovery & replacement charge on their bill next month.
Posted by Lou
Modesto, CA
Member since Aug 2005
8739 posts
Posted on 3/22/26 at 6:05 pm to
quote:

This is the stuff of my nightmares.


This post was edited on 3/22/26 at 6:08 pm
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