KENNER, La. (WGNO) — A woman has since died from her injuries after she and another woman crashed into a Kenner canal last week.

Kenner police said the crash happened around 8:40 p.m. in the 3200 block of Chateau Boulevard on Thursday, June 1. Responding officers arrived at the scene to find the vehicle upside down in a canal.

Two women, 60 and 58, were removed from the vehicle. They were both unconscious and taken by ambulance to a local hospital.

According to Kenner police, the women were traveling south on Chateau Boulevard when they crashed through a metal gate and into the canal.

Kenner police said the driver has since died in a hospital. The other woman is recovering.

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