LAFAYETTE, La. (KPEL) -- A suspicious device that forced the shut down of Garfield Street at its intersections with Johnston Street and Gordon Street turned out to be nothing.
Alton Trahan with the Lafayette Fire Department says someone alerted them to the device on the roadside...
It happened late last night on LA Highway 93 at LA Highway 98. It was there that state troopers say 29-year-old Ronald Bellard of Lafayette was driving his motorcycle north on Highway 93. Police say that he failed to negotiate a roundabout and hit a curb, throwing him from the bike...
UPDATE 4:00 p.m. -- DOTD says they will try to reopen the left lane of I-10 at some point tonight between 6 and 7. They warn traffic will be extremely suggested, so they still suggest Highway 190 as a detour route.
10:00 a.m. -- State Police say it could be tomorrow morning before Interstate 10 in between Lafayette and Baton Rouge is re-opened...
The pursuit that started in Iberville Parish finally came to an end when deputies in St. Martin Parish deployed spike strips to deflate the truck's tires.