Evacuations lead to fatal car wreck

Published 11:00 am Monday, September 1, 2008

PRAIRIEVILLE, La. (AP) — State police say a woman driving eastbound on Interstate 10 during heavy winds and rain was killed when she ran off the road and crashed into a tree.

The wreck happened about 9 a.m. Monday just north of Prairieville.

Sergeant Markus Smith said no one else was injured.

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Authorities have not released the woman’s name.