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Early A.M. Car Vs. Pole Crash Prompts Total Closure Of Highway 24 Through Lafayette

Early A.M. Car Vs. Pole Crash Prompts Total Closure Of Highway 24 Through Lafayette

Nov 3, 2024|NEWS24-680||Local Scene

Reader-provided screenshot of empty Highway 24 Sunday

Highway24 through Lafayette reopening gradually this morning after early a.m. crash into a power pole prompted closure of the vital route. Hundreds forced onto city streets. Several people making airport runs VERY unhappy…

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8 Comments

S Waverly on Nov 3, 2024 at 8:44 am

Was there a Nixel, PulsePoint or any other alert issued on this other than yours?

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- NEWS24-680 on Nov 3, 2024 at 8:45 am
  
  Not that we’re aware of. We first learned that things had gone wrong when our Flash Alert system lit up.
  
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Kim Gunderson on Nov 3, 2024 at 8:47 am

Looks like End of Days!!

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- NEWS24-680 on Nov 3, 2024 at 8:54 am
  
  Hopefully not a portent of things ahead!
  
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Gregg on Nov 3, 2024 at 1:37 pm

Thought it was another baseball league parade when all those cars came through town..

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Cahill on Nov 3, 2024 at 3:23 pm

Whatdoyou guys call that? Rolling Turtle with Blackout???

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- NEWS24-680 on Nov 3, 2024 at 3:28 pm
  
  Hey, you guys are getting the hang of this! Yes, that would be a Rolling Turtle with a Dangling Matchstick…
  
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David on Nov 3, 2024 at 6:26 pm

I’m feeling optimistic! I see a field of asphalt half-full, not half-empty. It is a divided highway after all.

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