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Spilled N95 masks on the Mississippi River Bridge causing delays

Posted on 4/29/20 at 4:38 pm
Posted by lsuman25
Erwinville
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Posted on 4/29/20 at 4:38 pm

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Spilled N95 masks on the Mississippi River Bridge cause accident; heavy traffic
Spilled N95 masks

BATON ROUGE- Spilled boxes of surgical masks on the Mississippi River Bridge caused an accident and heavy traffic for Port Allen drivers traveling into the Capital City Wednesday afternoon.

Two boxes of N95 masks were spilled on the westbound side of the Mississippi River Bridge and witnesses say they were "flying around all over the place," causing traffic to slow down.

When speeds decreased due to the unleashed PPE, a car traveling eastbound was rear ended.

West Baton Rouge sheriffs say the injuries from the crash were minor, however, a pregnant woman was involved and transported to the hospital out of an abundance of caution.

The accident has been cleared and all lanes are open again, but traffic is still backed up to LA 1 in Port Allen. You can keep up with traffic in the capital area on Twitter @WBRZtraffic.

Posted by oVo
Member since Dec 2013
11983 posts
Posted on 4/29/20 at 4:38 pm to
Simply Louisiana
Posted by High C
viewing the fall....
Member since Nov 2012
62216 posts
Posted on 4/29/20 at 4:39 pm to
If it saves one life...oh shite!
Posted by burdman
Louisiana
Member since Aug 2007
22814 posts
Posted on 4/29/20 at 4:39 pm to
We were overdue for a MS River Bridge traffic/accident thread. First step in getting back to normal.
Posted by Byrdybyrd05
Member since Nov 2014
26570 posts
Posted on 4/29/20 at 4:39 pm to
Oh shite I’m leaving work about to cross the bridge. Maybe I will get lucky.
Posted by The Boat
Member since Oct 2008
178361 posts
Posted on 4/29/20 at 4:40 pm to
quote:

Two boxes of N95 masks were spilled on the westbound side of the Mississippi River Bridge

Posted by tigersbb
Member since Oct 2012
13261 posts
Posted on 4/29/20 at 4:40 pm to
Advocate editorial writer Stephanie Grace will be blaming this on Trump and Jindal in tomorrow's edition.
Posted by fallguy_1978
Best States #50
Member since Feb 2018
53839 posts
Posted on 4/29/20 at 4:41 pm to
We keep coming up with new, creative ways to frick up traffic on the bridge
Posted by OysterPoBoy
City of St. George
Member since Jul 2013
45571 posts
Posted on 4/29/20 at 4:48 pm to
quote:

We keep coming up with new, creative ways to frick up traffic on the bridge


What a timely traffic delay.
Posted by X123F45
Dictated not Read
Member since Apr 2015
30048 posts
Posted on 4/29/20 at 4:49 pm to
quote:

We keep coming up with new, creative ways to frick up traffic on the bridge



Imagine if they posted everyone who jumped...

It happens a lot.
Posted by jbgleason
Bailed out of BTR to God's Country
Member since Mar 2012
20417 posts
Posted on 4/29/20 at 4:52 pm to
I have said it before and will say it again.

That bridge is the Bermuda Triangle of roads.

People can drive event free from the other side of the country and in that 3/4 mile stretch magically steer into other cars, lose tires, have their car catch on fire, lose cargo and run into the guardrails. It is amazing.
Posted by Sun God
Member since Jul 2009
52912 posts
Posted on 4/29/20 at 5:15 pm to
Another bridge would mask a lot of the Horace P’s problems
Posted by TigerstuckinMS
Member since Nov 2005
33687 posts
Posted on 4/29/20 at 5:16 pm to
quote:

Another bridge would mask a lot of the Horace P’s problems



frick you. We're not wearing masks.
Posted by BurtReynoldsMustache
Member since Sep 2010
4837 posts
Posted on 4/29/20 at 5:18 pm to
Be right there with a sack. DGAF. Burt's gonna get his.
Posted by TrueBaldPate
BR
Member since Dec 2019
982 posts
Posted on 4/29/20 at 5:35 pm to
I thought it was going to be because people stopped to pick up the N95 masked. Those are like cash money.
Posted by Jim Rockford
Member since May 2011
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Posted on 4/29/20 at 5:37 pm to
You couldn;t make it up if you tried.
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Posted on 4/29/20 at 6:01 pm to
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Posted by eScott
Member since Oct 2008
11376 posts
Posted on 4/29/20 at 6:04 pm to
quote:

We were overdue for a MS River Bridge traffic/accident thread. First step in getting back to normal.


This is what I thought when I drove past the accident at 3:30. mask were everywhere
Posted by LegendInMyMind
Member since Apr 2019
76173 posts
Posted on 4/29/20 at 6:41 pm to
quote:

This is what I thought when I drove past the accident at 3:30. mask were everywhere



So....how much would you take for a couple dozen of those masks?

And I don't want the ones with tire tracks on them.
This post was edited on 4/29/20 at 6:42 pm
Posted by Pintail
Member since Nov 2011
12161 posts
Posted on 4/29/20 at 6:44 pm to
Holy shite you can’t make this up.
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