Baton Rouge Traffic Homicide detectives are investigating a deadly wreck that sent a Dodge Durango tumbling off an elevated stretch of Interstate 10, leaving a man dead and another critically injured.

Baton Rouge police say the crash happened at 2:28 a.m. Saturday, when the driver of a 2021 Dodge Durango was traveling westbound on I-10. Authorities say the driver failed an attempt to get off at the Louise Street. exit, instead crashing through two safety barriers and a concrete curb, before the vehicle slid off the elevated interstate to the ground below.

Authorities identified the front passenger as Cody Pounds, 34, who was pronounced dead at the scene. The vehicle's driver was transported to a hospital and is currently in critical condition, police say.

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