Posts tagged vehicle

• 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...

• 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.

• Single Car Accident in St. Tammany Parish

  Shannon Weidemann | June 01, 2007 5:48 PM | 0 CommentsBaton Rouge, LA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A man was killed in a single car accident near Covington/Bush on La. 40. He was driving eastbound when he failed to negotiate a curve in the road. He drove off the road and along a ditch. The victim then overcorrected to the left, crossed the roadway traveling about 60 feet and exited the other side of the roadway. The truck finally entered the ditch, rotated clockwise and overturned,...

• Two Women Killed in Shreveport Car Accident

  Christina Cole | May 08, 2007 12:33 PM | 0 CommentsLafayette, LA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A car accident, Friday, at 3:45 pm, claimed the lives of two women when the vehicle they were traveling in flipped several times on Interstate 12 in Walker, just east of Baton Rouge.The 2000 Ford Explorer was traveling west on I-12, pulling a trailer that had possibly blow out, according to police.The driver, 48, and the passenger, 20, were both ejected from the vehicle and pronounced dead at...

• Accident on I-12 kills one, leaves two injured

  Tim Young | May 08, 2007 7:34 AM | 0 CommentsNew Orleans, LA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  An accident caused by a white SUV occurred yesterday on I-12 by Covington, La., leaving one dead and two seriously injured. The white SUV left the scene after causing the accident, and police are still looking for the vehicle. Read more from NOLA.com.

• St. Mary Parish Site of Two Car Accidents

  Shannon Weidemann | April 28, 2007 1:27 PM | 0 CommentsNew Orleans, LA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Two different accidents happened on U.S. 90 in St. Mary Parish this week. The first accident happended Tuesday afternoon and involved two vans and a truck. Six people were injured in the crash.The crash involved two vans and a pickup truck. One of the vans and the pickup truck flipped over during the crash.One man had to be removed from the van by the Four Corners and Jeanerette volunteer fire...