Motorist is killed in commercial motor vehicle crash on I-49

VILLE PLATTE - On July 30, shortly after 11 a.m., troopers with Louisiana State Police Troop I began investigating a two-vehicle fatality crash involving commercial motor vehicles on Interstate 49 just south of its intersection with Louisiana Highway 29. The crash claimed the life of 40-year-old Marcus Landry, of Broussard. The preliminary investigation revealed that a 2019 Freightliner Cascad...

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