Complete New Orleans, LA accident reports and news.

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Accidents in New Orleans result in serious injuries and deaths each year

After a New Orleans crash, injured people and their families need resources and support. Regardless of the severity of the collision, the people involved are left to deal with injuries, medical bills, property damage, and insurance claims. When a New Orleans accident is fatal, families are left to struggle with their grief and loss as best they can.

Here are resources to help accident victims and their families after a New Orleans wreck

Regardless of whether it is a car accident, pedestrian accident, motorcycle crash, bicycle collision, truck accident, or any other kind of injury accident, the following resources can be helpful for crash victims and their families and friends.

Major hospitals in New Orleans include:

Children's Hospital New Orleans Tulane Medical Center University Medical Center New Orleans New Orleans East Hospital Ochsner Health System Kindred Hospital New Orleans

How do you deal with an insurance claim after a New Orleans accident?

Regardless of how severe an accident is, almost everyone involved has to deal with insurance companies and claims. For accidents with very minor injuries and damage, a claim can sometimes be handled by working with the insurance adjuster. For crashes involving more serious injuries, or when a fatal crash occurs, a personal injury attorney is needed to manage the insurance claim. Go here to learn more about how an injury lawyer helps accident victims.

Most recent accident reports

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Sun, 12/08/2013 Man killed, woman critically injured and in hospital after car crash on I-10 near New Orleans.
Sat, 10/18/2014 Car Accident Taylor McGonigle, 21, killed after Tevest Vance, 37, crashes car on Burgundy Street in New Orleans, LA
Sun, 10/26/2014 Car Accident Joshua Snell, 24, dead, Luke Allison, 25, arrested after he drove into a pole in a car accident on Magazine St. in New Orleans, LA
Mon, 10/27/2014 Car Accident Traffic accident closes the Causeway Bridge in New Orleans, Louisiana
Mon, 07/14/2014 Car Accident Diogenes Cruz-Andino killed in single vehicle crash on July 15 on Lake Forest Boulevard in New Orleans.
Tue, 02/16/2016 Car Accident One man killed and two injured in single-vehicle collision on Earhart Boulevard in New Orleans,Louisiana
Wed, 03/20/2019 Car Accident Three people killed when stolen vehicle crashes into building at Washington Avenue and South White Street in New Orleans, Louisiana
Sun, 05/18/2014 Car Accident Jawana White, 6, killed, multiple people injured in car crash on Interstate 10 on May 19.
Sat, 04/09/2016 Car Accident Former Saints defensive end Will Smith shot and killed, and driver Cardell Hayes, 28, charged after car crash on Sophie Wright Place in Garden District in New Orleans, Louisiana
Wed, 05/04/2016 Car Accident Kristi Lirette, 23, dead; driver Jason Adams injured after Lamborghini traveling at 'high rate of speed' crashes into wall on Tchoupitoulas Street in New Orleans, Louisiana
Sat, 02/11/2023 Car Accident One pronounced dead, two others hospitalized when their vehicle departs Washington Avenue and collides with bridge in New Orleans, Louisiana
Mon, 12/08/2014 Car Accident John Alexander, 53, dead when trapped in overturned vehicle on Tchoupitoulas Street in New Orleans, Louisiana
Wed, 08/05/2020 Car Accident One person killed in collision at Poland Avenue and North Miro Street in New Orleans, Louisiana
Tue, 04/18/2023 Car Accident One dead, two injured after a three-vehicle collision at Airline and Monroe Streets in New Orleans, Louisiana
Sat, 03/15/2014 Car Accident Brunell A. Magee, 35, a Orleans Parish Sheriff's deputy, killed, 61-year-old man injured, taken to hospital, after a two-car crash, at the Irish Bayou exit on I-10, in New Orleans.