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

Date Type
Tue, 05/19/2015 Bicycle Accident A male bicyclist, 70, was hit by a car and killed at South Claiborne Avenue and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in Central City, Louisiana
Mon, 10/10/2022 Bicycle Accident Bicyclist dies after colliding with car at Chef Menteur Highway and Werner Drive in New Orleans East, Louisiana
Sun, 12/04/2022 Truck Accident 31-year-old passenger killed, driver hurt after their car collides with rear of semi-truck parked in shoulder at North Claiborne Avenue and Tricou Street in New Orleans, Louisiana
Mon, 06/19/2023 Truck Accident Rollover semi truck crash reported on the Interstate 10 ramp at Crowder Boulevard in New Orleans, Louisiana
Wed, 09/14/2016 Truck Accident Driver Scott Landry dies after pulled from submerged 18-wheeler after driving into canal off I-10 in New Orleans, Louisiana
Fri, 10/03/2014 Truck Accident Hatem Zarrugh, 38, driver of 18-wheeler killed after Shannon Morris, 33, strikes truck, causing fuel tank to explode in St. Roch area of New Orleans, Louisiana
Sat, 07/04/2015 Motorcycle Accident 51-year-old man dies in motorcycle crash on the 1400 block of Basin Street in New Orleans, Louisiana
Fri, 07/10/2015 Motorcycle Accident Shawn Clouston, 39, dies in motorcycle crash on Dickory Avenue and Earhart Expressway in New Orleans, Louisiana
Sun, 04/09/2017 Motorcycle Accident Al Cole, 42, killed and woman injured in motorcycle collision on Interstate 610 in New Orleans, Louisiana
Wed, 05/25/2022 Motorcycle Accident Motorcyclist killed and alleged hit-and-run driver Shawn Honora, 20, arrested in collision on Chef Menteur Highway in New Orleans, Louisiana
Fri, 09/04/2015 Motorcycle Accident Motorcyclist killed and driver injured in crash with SUV on Chef Menteur Highway in New Orleans, Louisiana
Wed, 10/15/2014 Motorcycle Accident 39-year woman injured after hit-and-run driver hits her motorcycle on South Broad and Elba in New Orleans
Sat, 01/16/2016 Motorcycle Accident Motorcyclist, 36, killed in collision on Interstate 10 at West End Boulevard in New Orleans, LA
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