NEW ORLEANS — The body of a 63-year-old man has been found inside of a pickup truck that plunged into Lake Pontchartrain just before noon Thursday, according to the New Orleans Police Department.
The vehicle was reported to have gone into the lake near Franklin Avenue and Lakeshore Drive around 11:40 a.m.
Search and dive teams from the NOPD, Coast Guard, JPSO, New Orleans Fire Department and the Orleans Levee District participated in the search.
The vehicle was located around 4 p.m. and when it was pulled from the water, a man was inside. He was pronounced dead on the scene.
The NOPD plans to release more information on the incident later Thursday.