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Darrel Toepfer, 54, critically injured in motorcycle crash on July 3 in New Iberia on Center Street.
A motorcyclist was critically injured after crashing into a car that pulled into its path on Thursday morning in New Iberia, the Iberia Parish Sheriff’s Office announced.
Darrel Toepfer, 54 of Eunice, was wearing a helmet, but not one not certified by the Department of Transportation, and sustained head injuries in the crash, Sheriff Louis Ackal said in a press release. He was taken to a Lafayette hospital.
Two people were killed Tuesday night in a head-on crash on La. 182 in Iberia Parish, State Police said.
Creig Broussard, 53, of St. Martinville, was driving a 2000 Chevrolet truck west on La. 182 when he crossed the center line and crashed into an eastbound 2004 GMC truck driven by Brian Stockstill, 36, of New Iberia, a StateTrooper 1st Class said in a release.
Hammons said there were no passengers in the vehicles.
Both men, who were wearing their seat belts, were pronounced dead at the scene by an official with the Iberia Parish Coroner’s Office.
A three-vehicle crash on U.S. 90 on Monday afternoon left one Jeanerette man dead and two New Iberia residents injured, a State Police spokesman said.
Jarwin Bourque, 47, died at a hospital from injuries sustained in the afternoon crash, a State Trooper said.
Troopers said Dawn Broussard, 21, of New Iberia, was traveling east on U.S. 90, east of La. 88, at 1:12 p.m. when she ran off the side of the interstate, through the median and begin driving in the opposite lane, Hammons said.