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A Slidell man is in custody and accused of deliberately causing a train wreck in an effort to disrupt a Carnival parade.
Police say Robert King parked his pickup truck across the railroad tracks on Friday night as the Krewe of Titans parade passed the intersection of Gause Boulevard and Front Street. He then created a disturbance in the crowd and was arrested.
A train soon hit the truck, and police connected King to the crash afterward. He's charged with disturbing the peace and obstruction of a highway.
There were no injuries.
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