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Monday, September 22, 2014Area:
New Orleans, LAThe pilot was identified as Darren Mahler of Metairie, his passenger as a family friend and neighbor, Payton Wilt. Both were pronounced dead at the scene.
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Tuesday, April 22, 2014Area:
Shreveport, LAShreveport police are investigating a crash that sent two pedestrians to the hospital Wednesday afternoon.
Just before 2 p.m. Wednesday, Shreveport police were called to the 1600 block of Kings Highway after a reported vehicle crash involving two pedestrians.
Janette Johnson, 55, had been struck and pinned beneath a vehicle traveling eastbound along the 1600 block of Kings Highway. Johnson, who was not responsive following the crash, was rushed to University Health Medical Center where she remains in critical condition.
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Monday, March 3, 2014Area:
New Orleans, LATwo buses full of band members crashed into each other on their way to the parades this morning, according to an official with New Orleans Emergency Medical Services.
Three students suffered non life-threatening injuries and were transported to Children's Hospital of New Orleans, said a spokeswoman for New Orleans EMS. The three students were from Martin Behrman Charter School, according to NBC affiliate WDSU.
The buses, one of which appeared to suffer heavy damage to its engine block, were headed westbound on Interstate 10 near the Claiborne Avenue exit when they crashed at about 8:01 p.m.
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Sunday, February 2, 2014Area:
New Orleans, LANew Orleans Police arrested the driver they say is responsible for a fatal hit-and-run accident that claimed the life of a 6-year-old boy who was on his way to school Monday morning in Gentilly.
The NOPD announced shortly after 1 p.m. that the car suspected in the incident, a dark gray Honda Crosstour, had been located in the 1600 block of Charlton Drive in Gentilly. About 30 minutes later, an arrest was announced but no further details were provided.
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Monday, January 20, 2014Area:
New Orleans, LANOPD says five children sustained minor injuries in a school bus crash in Gentilly.
The crash happened before 8 a.m. at the intersection of Franklin and Prentiss avenues when the bus backed into a car, according to police.
Five students were being checked out by medical personnel. The rest of the children were placed on another bus and taken to school.
8 children taken to hospital with minor injuries after school bus accident in New Orleans, Louisiana
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Tuesday, January 14, 2014Area:
New Orleans, LANOPD says eight children were taken to the hospital after an accident involving a school bus.
The children complained of minor injuries, according to police.
The accident happened on I-10 eastbound at Louisa Street.
The accident will cause some delays on eastbound I-10, according to police.
4-year-old Vincent Huynh killed when father backs over him with car in driveway in Burlas, Louisiana
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Tuesday, December 31, 2013Area:
New Orleans, LAA 4-year-old child died after he was run over on a private driveway in Buras on Wednesday, authorities said.
The preliminary investigation revealed that Hai Hoang Thanh Huynh, 32, of Buras, was backing out of his driveway at 125 Circle St. when he struck his son, identified as Vincent Huynh.
The man attempted to drive his son to a hospital but was stopped by a Plaquemines Parish sheriff’s deputy for speeding. During the stop, the deputy discovered that the child had died.
Speed and impairment are not suspected as factors of the accident, authorities said.
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Friday, December 27, 2013Area:
Lafayette, LATroopers with the Louisiana State Police arrested Charles Moter, 58, on charges stemming from a vehicle crash that left three people dead Saturday afternoon.
The crash happened on Louisiana Highway 343, south of U.S. Highway 90. Authorities said Moter was trying to pass a northbound vehicle when he came within a hazardous proximity to a vehicle driven by Nathaniel Malone, 31, of Duson.
Malone steered left to avoid a crash, authorities said, but the front of Moter’s vehicle struck the right side of Malone’s vehicle.
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Sunday, November 24, 2013Area:
New Orleans, LANew Orleans police arrested a 44-year-old man Saturday evening for his alleged involvement in a multiple car pile-up that sent a 29-year-old woman and her 2-year-old nephew falling off the Interstate 10 high rise bridge in eastern New Orleans a week ago.
Police booked Ervin Freeman into Central Lockup around 9 p.m. with two counts of manslaughter and one count of felony hit-and-run.
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Saturday, November 23, 2013Area:
New Orleans, LAThe New Orleans Police Department says it's close to making an arrest in Sunday's deadly hit-and-run accident on the Interstate 10 Highrise.
Police say it happened shortly after 1 a.m. Sunday. Danielle Rhone, 29, and her nephew, 2-year-old Kaedan Body, both died.
According to police, the car Rhone was driving stalled near the top of the Highrise due to mechanical problems.