Posts tagged accident

• Federal Eighteen Wheeler Laws To Protect You

  Timothy Young | April 19, 2010 7:31 AM | 0 CommentsNew Orleans, LA Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents
  

  One institution that is essential to our nation’s economic success is the trucking industry. Trucking companies and employees provide the foundation for the success of practically every...

• Minimum Insurance Required For Interstate Trucks

  Timothy Young | April 17, 2010 7:38 AM | 0 CommentsNew Orleans, LA Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents
  

  For many, sharing the road with semi-trailer trucks can be an intimidating and anxiety-inducing experience. These trucks are loud and imposing, and due to their size and cargo, they have the...

• What Is UM Insurance In Louisiana

  Timothy Young | April 16, 2010 10:40 PM | 0 CommentsNew Orleans, LA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  If you are a driver in New Orleans, you have motorist insurance. But while many people can appreciate the value of having motorist insurance (aside from the fact that it's the law!), not many people...

• what to do right after a car accident in Louisiana

  Timothy Young | March 19, 2010 5:52 PM | 0 CommentsNew Orleans, LA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Car accidents happen to even the safest drivers. Even when you're doing everything right, you can't count on the drivers around you to act as safely, and unfortunately, it only takes one mistake to...

• Teen Dead After Being Run Over by Float

  Jenny Albano | February 05, 2008 8:05 PM | 0 CommentsBaton Rouge, LA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A driver towing a float in a Carnival parade accidentally ran over and killed his 16-year-old brother.Clay Michael Sayer was standing between Kain N. Sayer's pickup truck and the float behind it, talking to riders on the float during a brief stop around 5 p.m. Saturday, Trooper Scott Moreau said. The teen was pinned by the float when the truck started moving again, Moreau said.Kain Sayer, 21,...

• Pedestrian Hit by Louisiana State Representative

  Shannon Weidemann | September 10, 2007 1:47 PM | 0 CommentsBaton Rouge, LA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A Louisiana State Representative hit a pedestrian in Terrebonne Parish with her car on Sunday. The pedestrian's arm was broken in the car accident. State Representative Carla Dartez was driving the car. The accident took place on Bayou Black Road.Dartez failed parts of the field sobriety test but passed a breathalyzer test administered soon afterward with a "0.00" score, said Trooper Gilbert...

• Baton Rouge Car Accident Injures Secretary of State

  Shannon Weidemann | August 15, 2007 8:54 PM | 0 CommentsBaton Rouge, LA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A car accident on Interstate 12 in Baton Rouge left the Secretary of State injured and in need of surgery. He had injuries to his chest, back, and pelvis. The two car accident happened last week. The driver of the other car was not injured. Dardenne was traveling in the center lane of Interstate-12 near its split with I-10 in Baton Rouge last Monday when his Infiniti veered to the right and...

• Pedestrian Killed by Car in Norco

  Shannon Weidemann | July 24, 2007 5:36 PM | 0 CommentsBaton Rouge, LA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A 25-year-old man from Laplace was killed in a pedestrian accident in Norco on July 15th. He was leaving a bar when he walked in front of a Mitsubishi Galant. The victim had been drinking alcohol before the accident. The victim was killed around 5 a.m. today when he walked out of the Spillway Bar, 15641 Airline Highway, in Norco, and directly into the southbound lanes of travel, said Senior...

• Amtrak Train Hits Pickup Truck in Plant City

  Jenny Albano | July 17, 2007 3:47 PM | 0 CommentsNew Orleans, LA Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents
  

  An Amtrak train collided with a pickup truck today at 3:15 P.M. and derailed. None of the 133 passengers on the train to New York were injured in the accident.All the passengers were evacuated by a Plant City bowling alley. All 33 train cars derailed after the crash, but none of the cars tipped over.There was barely anything left of the pickup truck after the accident. Amtrak spokeswomen...

• Slidell Accident Seriously Injures Alabama Woman

  Tim Young | June 27, 2007 5:25 PM | 0 CommentsNew Orleans, LA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  On June 25th, 2007, an Alabama woman was seriously injured when she was involved in an vehicle accident with a van. The woman, Nadine Dalati, was struck on the door of her vehicle by the van which was operated by a church group from Maryland. A passanger also riding in the car, Adam Andrianopoulos, suffered moderate injuries. For the complete Article, view here.