By Associated Press - Monday, December 16, 2019

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Police say one person is dead and another is critically injured after a car crashed into a ditch near the Baton Rouge airport.

News outlets report the single-car crashed happened at about 7:30 a.m. Monday on Interstate 110. Baton Rough police said a car trying to exit the interstate near the airport veered off the road.

The vehicle came to rest after crashing in a ditch and remained stuck there for nearly an hour, police said.



The name of the person who died was not immediately released. Police said a second person in the vehicle survived but was in critical condition. No further details were given.

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