A man is suspected of driving under the influence of alcohol when his car struck and killed a pedestrian in the early morning hours. Louisiana police say the fatal accident occurred at around 2:30 a.m. when the man's vehicle struck the pedestrian as he was attempting...
Year: 2012
Multi-vehicle Louisiana car accident causes rollover
Multiple vehicles were involved in a Louisiana crash that happened on July 16. The Bossier City car accident happened at about 4 p.m., briefly closing the road. According to police, three vehicles were involved. One person was said to be injured. The injured person...
Louisiana woman dies after fatal accident
Having one moment of distraction behind the wheel can result in tragic consequences. Such is the case for a woman who recently died in a two-vehicle accident. The fatal accident happened in Louisiana. According to reports, the crash happened when a pickup truck...
Louisiana man pleads not guilty in fatal car accident
A man who allegedly caused a fatal car accident has pleaded not guilty to charges of vehicular homicide. The charges stem from a fatal Louisiana car accident on May 30 that left seven people dead. According to police, the man was driving his pickup truck the wrong way...
Fatal accident may have been caused by driver impairment
A head-on crash on June 23 left one woman dead and another in critical condition. The fatal accident happened in Louisiana on US Highway 167. According to reports, a driver from Port Barre was driving his car north in the southbound lanes of traffic at about 6:00 a.m....
Church van carrying 15 children crashes in Louisiana
It goes without saying that car accidents often have devastating results. This was the case in a recent Louisiana car accident involving a church van and a pickup truck. The church van, which was carrying 15 children, overturned after a pickup truck ran a stop sign...
Injury, death after two major Louisiana highway trucking accidents
Truck accidents are all too common on Louisiana highways. On June 6, there were two trucking accidents that occurred near Lake Charles. The first accident was between a relatively small car and an 18-wheeler. Both vehicles had changed lanes due to traffic congestion...
Two interstate crashes leave one Lake Charles man dead, nine injured
Two recent interstate crashes resulted in the death of a driver and injured nine others. According to a news report, both crashes happened on a Wednesday morning in June. The fatal accident occurred on Interstate 10, killing a 28-year-old Lake Charles man. According...
A Louisiana father mourns the loss of 5
One man -- known as a minister, a husband, a father and a grandfather -- suffers unimaginable anguish as he works to makes sense of how in the span of just a few seconds, his wife, his daughter, two grandchildren and a fellow church-goer were robbed form his life. A...
Louisiana worker injured after explosions at chemical plant
Working with chemicals can be a dangerous job. On May 21, a serious incident occurred at a chemical plant in Louisiana. A spokesperson from the Sheriff's Office declared a state of emergency after several explosions occurred at the plant. The accident happened at...