A Louisiana man survived a single car accident only to be run over as he was trying to cross the interstate. According to reports, the man was hit by no fewer than five vehicles. His death and the initial single car accident are still under investigation. Preliminary...
Year: 2013
Fatal accident on Louisiana Highway 594 in Monroe
The Louisiana State Police continue to investigate a crash that occurred on Louisiana Highway 594 in Monroe. So far, the only citation issued in the fatal accident has been for passing illegally. It is not known whether additional charges will be filed once the...
Driver in fatal Louisiana car accident expresses regret
The driver that hit a pedestrian on La. 43 has expressed regret regarding what happened. The pedestrian vs. car accident claimed the life of a 21-year-old man. The driver that hit him, who turned out to be the president of the Livingston Parish School Board, failed to...
Emergency room malpractice leads to the death of an elderly woman
As any family in Louisiana may also have believed, a family in another state thought their 77-year-old mother was in good hands, so they decided to leave the hospital emergency room for a short time. The elderly woman's family left her at the emergency room to go home...
Louisiana driver couldn’t avoid car accident that killed 1 person
Several people were hurt and one person was killed recently on U.S. Highway 165 in Louisiana's Morehouse Parish. The driver of one of the two vehicles involved in the two car accident was unable to avoid colliding with the other vehicle. However, due to the...
Louisiana woman thrown into windshield during car accident dies
Every single day around the nation, people needlessly die or are critically injured in accidents because of impaired drivers. The Louisiana State Police are investigating the death of a woman that died recently in a single-car accident. The man that was driving the...
Workers cleaning up the BP oil spill claim toxic exposure
Over 100 people across four states including Louisiana have become ill after being involved in the cleanup of the Deep Horizon oil spill. They believe their illness is caused by toxic exposure to the chemicals BP used to clean up the spill. The main chemical believed...
Lake Charles woman will be sentenced soon in 2012 fatal accident
Back in April 2012, a car was in the northbound lane of the Calcasieu River Bridge on U.S. 171. As the driver of that car was changing a tire, a Lake Charles woman slammed into the car killing a father and his then 13-year-old daughter. Now the woman has pleaded...
Louisiana State Police struggle with cause of fatal accident
The Louisiana State Police are still confounded by what could have caused a recent accident in Metairie. After culling through witness statements, troopers have eliminated several factors such as speed and impairment as the cause. To be thorough, they have now decided...
Deaths during robotic surgeries blamed on doctor negligence
There may be surgical patients in Louisiana whose surgery was performed using the da Vinci robotic surgery system. The system is said to have many advantages over traditional laparoscopic surgery. However, there have been a handful of deaths and injuries reported that...