On the early morning of January 14, 2021, 44-year-old construction worker Brady Michael Ortego was on the I-310 Hale Boggs Bridge in St. Charles Parish, Louisiana, working overnight installing cameras with three colleagues when a 2014 Ford F-150 veered onto the shoulder and struck the men and multiple vehicles in the active work zone. The impact threw Ortego from the bridge; he fell over 150 feet into the Mississippi River and was never seen again despite Coast Guard and local search and rescue efforts. Coworkers suffered only minor injuries.

Eyewitnesses and community tips led investigators to 22-year-old Hunter Mason Johnson as the driver; he abandoned his truck and fled on foot. Johnson was arrested on March 12, 2021, and charged with vehicular homicide, DUI, and hit and run. Family members who helped him evade capture were charged with obstruction of justice. Johnson later pleaded guilty and was sentenced, but Ortego’s body has never been recovered and he remains presumed deceased.

Did anyone in the area on January 14, 2021, see the crash or remember details that could still shed light on what happened?