BOSSIER CITY, LA – One person died, and another was hospitalized when two pickup trucks collided on I-20 in Bossier City on Saturday morning, KTBS 3 reports.
Police say the crash happened just after midnight east of I-220 when a pickup truck travelling west on the eastbound side of I-20 crashed into another pickup truck. The westbound pickup truck caught fire, and the driver died at the scene of the crash.
The driver of the other pickup truck was hospitalized with critical injuries. Authorities say he had been wearing a seatbelt at the time of the crash.
It is unclear why the driver of the westbound pickup chose to drive the wrong-way on I-20. An investigation of the incident is underway.
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