Highway 90 Open Again After Multi-Vehicle Crash Saturday Night

Both directions of U.S. Hwy. 90 were shut down Saturday night after state police reported three accidents involving five vehicles near Jeanerette.

Troopers with Louisiana State Police said a car was trying to cross the median of U.S. Hwy. 90 when that vehicle was hit by another, which was hit by another two vehicles and then a third.

Seven people were taken to four hospitals, troopers said. One of the injured had to be airlifted to Lafayette General Medical Center, according to KATC-TV 3.

The crash investigation remains ongoing.