After four morning-commute accidents in one week, Lake Pontchartrain Causeway Executive Director Carlton Dufrechou emailed toll-tag holders and posted a message on the bridge’s website pleading with drivers to pay more attention while they drive.
After four morning accidents, Causeway director calls for drivers to ‘refocus’
It’s the 24-mile-long bridge that CNN Travel recently called “a pulse-quickening half-hour drive.” While some local Causeway commuters might beg to differ with that analysis, a handful of accidents last week prompted the bridge’s top official to urge drivers to be attentive while driving across the lake, especially during the hectic morning commute.
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It happens, on average, once every five years. A vehicle goes off the southbound side of the Causeway, killing the driver.