Louisiana updates in 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,...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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.

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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,...

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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...

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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.

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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...

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A 23-year-old Wilson man was killed after driving his car over the center lane of La. 19 and hit a truck. His car caught on fire and he was unable to get out of the vehicle. Troopers were notified of the crash near La. 19 and La. 955 shortly before 3 a.m. Saturday, Brown said.Sims was unable to exit the vehicle when it burst into flames, and he was later pronounced dead at the scene by the...

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In a two car accident, on Sunday night, that occurred at Salisbury Street and Fowler Avenue in Lafayette, sent one person to the hospital for medical treatment.At approximately 5:35, two sport utility vehicles collided and one of the vehicles, a white Nissan Pathfinder, turned over. Both drivers refused any medical treatment at the scene of the accident but a middle aged passenger in the...

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A Ragley woman was killed in a fatal car accident on Texas Eastern Road just north of Topsy in Jeff Davis Parish.The accident victim was a 25-year-old woman. Police report she was riding in the front seat when the driver, a 46-year-old woman, lost control of her vehicle in a curve and ran into a ditch. A two year old child, also in the car at the time of the accident was transported to the...

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A man died in a car accident late Saturday after a police chase, Louisiana state police reports.The 25-year-old man was being pursued by a marked patrol car for an alleged speeding violation and failure to yield when he lost control of his Chevy Caprice at 8:20pm.He drove his car too fast into a right hand curve on State Highway 2 west of State Highway 152 when he lost control of the vehicle,...

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Two people were killed in a single car accident on Saturday, including an 8-year-old boy that was traveling in the bed of the pickup truck.According to Police, the child was riding in the back of the truck with a 37-year-old man around 2 pm. The driver of the truck lost control causing it to veer off to the left of the road. The truck flipped, ejecting the passenger, a woman, traveling inside...

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Three unrelated car accidents in Lafayette and Evangeline parishes on Tuesday ended in three fatalities, all which are being investigated by state police.Just after midnight Tuesday, a hit and run accident left a 19-year-old man dead.Troopers say Carrera was traveling in his pickup when an 18-wheeler was trying to cross Johnson Street. The 18-wheeler pulled into the path of Carrera's truck which...

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