PLAQUEMINE, La. (AP) — Louisiana State Police say a motorcyclist from Oregon died in an accident with three trucks and two passenger vehicles on Interstate 10 near Plaquemine.
Trooper Russell Graham identified the victim as 64-year-old Phillip Rizzo of Lincoln County, Oregon.
Authorities say the accident occurred on the Atchafalaya River bridge at the Whiskey Bay exit around 5 p.m. Thursday.
Graham says the crash occurred due to traffic congestion caused by a dog that had gotten loose on the Interstate.
He says the driver of an 18-wheeler, 61-year-old James Bennet of Jacksonville, La., was booked with negligent homicide and reckless operations.