
At least 7 people were killed in a Louisiana highway pileup Monday morning that involved at least 158 vehicles, state police said. The crash occurred on I-55 in St. John the Baptist Parish, just outside of New Orleans. More than 25 people were taken to hospitals with injuries ranging from critical to minor, police said. An unspecified number of people also went to medical facilities on their own, police said. One vehicle went off the interstate and into the water, but the driver was safely rescued, police said. "A portion...