Hundreds stranded on I-12 for up to 28 hours over weekend

Some motorists spent as many as 24 hours stranded on Interstate 12 in the literal wake of this weekend’s torrential downpours and resulting flooding.WWL-TV Reporter Lauren Bale was at the scene, and she said some motorists tried to make the best of a terrible situation by turning the stretch of roadway into a makeshift community.Scenes of compassion unfolded with some truck driver even allowing mothers with small children to get some air-conditioned refuge in their cabs. One trucker ev