A longtime New Orleans firefighter was killed early Thursday morning in a crash on Interstate 10 westbound in Ascension Parish, marking the third NOFD firefighter to die in the past three weeks.

DWAYNE DE, JACK JACKSON. THIS MORNING, FAMILY AND FRIENDS GATHERED TO HONOR JACKSON’S LIFE WITH A FUNERAL SERVICE AND PROCESSION SHOWING THEIR SUPPORT FOR A DEPARTMENT GRIEVING THREE LOSSES THAT ...

That morning they gathered with family and friends of Dwayne Jackson for his funeral at Gentilly Baptist Church. The 41-year old fire fighter was killed in a car crash on March 13. The funeral was ...