Jjfr Bipartisan duo unveils bill to extend immigration protections for Nicaraguans Five people are dead after a plane crashed near a post office in Lafayette, Louisiana, on Saturday. New Orleans television station WDSU said one of its sports reporters, Carley McCord, 30, died in the crash.The Lafayette Fire Department identified the other victims as pilot Ian Biggs, 59; Robert Vaughn Crisp II, 59; Gretchen D. Vincent, 51; and Michael Walker Vincent, 15. One passenger survived and was in critical condition.McCord s husband, Steven Ensminger Jr., is the son of the offensive coordinator for the Louisiana State University football t eam, and told the Associated Press she was riding in a private plane to Atlanta to watch LSU play Oklahoma. In a statement, WDSU said it w as devastated by the loss of such an amazing talent and valued member of our WDSU family. Lafayette Fire Chief Robert Benoit said the aircraft was an eight-passenger plane, according toCBS affiliate KLFY.Three people who were not pass engers suffered injuries. A Walmart in the area was evacuated as a precaution.Eyewitnesses told KLFY they heard sounds like a semi-truck as lights went out at homes and businesses near the site of the crash in Lafayette, which is about 130 miles west of New Orleans. I was right outside before the crash, said local resident Kevin Jackson. I noticed the plane was low and smoking like hell. It shook my trailer, he said. I knew something was bad. I went in my house, and all you heard was this massive explosion. Ttvu Biden projected to win South Carolina s 2024 Democratic primary. Here s what to know. Los Angeles mdash; For eight straight weeks, gas prices are climbing across the country, up more than 20 cents a gallon in a month. No one has been hit harder than California drivers, who are seeing their highest prices in nearly five years.The average price for the golden state is now above $4. The highest price CBS News spotted was $4.79 a gallon near Los Angeles. The cheapest gas in the nation can be found in Alabama at $2.50 a gallon. According to AAA, the national average is $2.85 per gallon.The spike is being blamed on a switchover to the traditionally more expensive summer blend, as well as ongoing refinery issues at six out of 10 California refineries. When the refineries go down, the gas prices go up, up, up and they go up quickly, said Jamie Court, president of Consumer Watchdog. Court said that difference of a dollar extra in California adds up. California becomes a piggy bank for these oil companies and they do it whenever it approaches on summer and we know a lot of people are going to hit the roads, Court said.Which means don t expect much of a summer break. Just ask Uber driver Kierston Clark. She told CBS News she is probably driving an extra four or five hours a week to cover the difference. More from CBS News Arizona counti es invest m
