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Date: 
Friday, May 22, 2015
Driver of an 18-wheeler was badly injured Friday when his truck slammed into the back of another tractor-trailer on Interstate 12 in the Lacombe area. The driver of the truck that struck the other semi had to be rescued from the wreckage by firefighters before being taken to North Oaks Shock Trauma Hospital in Hammond, suffering from serious lower extremity injuries. Neither of the drivers names were identified in the release.
Date: 
Monday, March 30, 2015
Yvette M. Ford of Lafayette was northbound in a 2004 GMC Yukon on Surrey Street when she crashed head-on with a southbound semi, according to Lafayette Police said. Ford was transported to a local hospital, where she later died. The truck driver is being treated for serious burn injuries.