Three people killed in early morning crash along US 51 in Tangipahoa Parish

3 killed when car traveling at high speed hits I-55 column near Ponchatoula

Authorities say the victims were a 21-year-old from Hammond, 20-year-old from Slidell and 19-year-old from New Orleans.

Three people killed in early morning crash along US 51 in Tangipahoa Parish

PONCHATOULA — Three people were killed in a single-vehicle crash in Tangipahoa Parish early Monday morning near the on-ramp to I-55 northbound from US 51, according to Louisiana State Police.The crash occurred around 3:30 a.m. when a 2017 Honda Accord traveling north on US 51 at a high rate of speed allegedly traveled off the roadway to the left and struck a concrete support column of the elevated portion of I-55. The driver, a 21-year-old from …