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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Sat, 02/25/2017 Car Accident Truck driver Neilson Rizzuto, 25, strikes crowd, injuring dozens during Krewe of Endymion parade at Orleans and Carrollton Avenues in New Orleans, Louisiana
Sat, 02/04/2017 Pedestrian Accident Pedestrian killed in collision with hit-and-run driver on Earhart Boulevard in New Orleans, Louisiana
Mon, 12/26/2016 Pedestrian Accident 70-year-old man struck, killed by vehicle on North Claiborne Avenue in New Orleans, Louisiana
Mon, 11/07/2016 Pedestrian Accident Pedestrian Eddie Ray King, 51, killed in collision with hit-and-run vehicle at North Claiborne Avenue and St. Philip Street in New Orleans, Louisiana
Sat, 10/15/2016 Car Accident Two people killed in collision with post at Earhart Boulevard and South Broad Street in New Orleans, Louisiana
Thu, 10/13/2016 Pedestrian Accident Woman killed in pedestrian collision on Loyola Avenue in New Orleans, Louisiana
Sun, 10/02/2016 Car Accident Mark Robinson, 52, Tina Bland, 50, and Karen Mays, 53, dead, and Lenwood McQueen, 37, injured when tow-truck strikes pedestrians on Tulane Avenue 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
Sun, 09/04/2016 Car Accident One person killed and one injured in head-on crash on Chef Menteur Highway in New Orleans, Louisiana
Sun, 08/28/2016 Aircraft Accident Brianna Davis rescued and Reginald Hillard Jr. and one person killed after Cessna plane crashes into Lake Ponchatrain near New Orleans Lakefront Airport in New Orleans, Louisiana
Fri, 08/26/2016 Car Accident Off-duty NOPD officer Tony Mitchell, 45, killed in crash involving disabled vehicle on West Bank Expressway in New Orleans, Louisiana
Mon, 07/04/2016 Car Accident Two people killed and one injured in fiery single-vehicle car wreck at Press Drive and Leon C. Simon Boulevard in New Orleans, Louisiana
Thu, 06/09/2016 Car Accident Kayla Legarde, 14, killed and two people injured in hit-and-run collision with alleged driver James Thornton on Interstate 10 in New Orleans, Louisiana
Sun, 06/05/2016 Drunk Driving NOPD officer Natasha Hunter, 32, dies after alleged drunk driver strikes her while responding to accident along I-10 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