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🌱 Wrong-way I-12 crash kills 18-year-old driver from Kentwood

Kentwood, Louisiana Patch AM: a 4 min read

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In today's newsletter:

  • Wrong-way I-12 crash kills 18-year-old driver from Kentwood
  • Kentwood mourns 89-year-old resident killed after St. Tammany crash

Today's riddle: What did the carpenter ant say when he walked into the bar? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Mostly sunny, a stray t-storm, with a high of 79 and low of 67 degrees.
  • Thursday: A t-storm around in the p.m., temps: high: 82, low: 66.
  • Friday: A couple of morning showers, with a high of 83 and low of 69 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Teen killed in I-12 crash, cops say he was on the wrong side of the interstate (audacy.com) — An 18-year-old Kentwood man, Brayden Sanders, was killed early June 1 after driving the wrong way on I-12 in Tangipahoa Parish and colliding head-on with an 18-wheeler. State Police say he was unrestrained and suspected of being impaired, while the truck driver suffered minor injuries as the investigation continues.
   

• Kentwood man succumbs to injuries sustained in St. Tammany Parish crash (an17.com) — An 89-year-old Kentwood resident, George Cole, has died from injuries suffered as a passenger in a single-vehicle crash on LA 450 in St. Tammany Parish. State Police say the driver and Cole were both restrained and initially hospitalized, and impairment is not suspected as the investigation continues.
   

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Is the bar tender here? (Thank you W. M. for sending it in!)
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