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When someone is injured in an accident in Lafayette, it is important to gather information about what happens next.

Being injured in a serious accident is always a shocking and scary experience, and dealing with the aftermath is exhausting and stressful. Accident victims are forced to deal with hospitalization, medical treatments, missed work, and lost income, often while trying to manage pain and disability from their injuries. And then the insurance adjusters start circling. Find out more about accidents and what issues an injured person needs to be aware of by going to this link.

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State: 
Louisiana

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Accident reports by county

Acadia Parish, LA - 7
Evangeline Parish, LA - 2
Iberia Parish, LA - 11
Jefferson Davis Parish, LA - 6
Lafayette Parish, LA - 10
St. Landry Parish, LA - 9
St. Martin Parish, LA - 6
Vermilion Parish, LA - 2

Most recent accident reports

Jacob Courville, 22, Jamie Prejean, 29, and two passengers killed, and Joshua Lejeune, 24, Chaman Richardson, 48 injured in crash on La. 13 on May 30.

Four people died and two were injured, one critically, in a Friday afternoon head-on collision on La. 13 in Acadia Parish, State Police said.

Date: 
Thursday, May 29, 2014
Roadway: 
La. 13
City: 
Eunice, LA
Type: Car Accident

Joshua Lejeune, 24, Justin Bartram, 23, Laura Bartram, 44, Jamie Prejean, 29, and Jacob Courville, 22, killed in head-on crash on La. 13 in Eunice, Louisiana

A fifth person has died of injuries suffered in a head-on collision Friday in Acadia Parish, State Police said Saturday. Joshua Lejeune, 24, Port Barre, died at a local hospital, Trooper 1st Class Stephen Hammons said.
Date: 
Thursday, May 29, 2014
Roadway: 
La. 13
City: 
Eunice, LA
Type: Car Accident
Topics: 
Head-on, Seat Belt Usage

Joseph Menard, 68, killed in single-car accident on May 9.

A Cankton man was killed in a single-vehicle crash early Friday in St. Landry Parish, State Police said.

Date: 
Thursday, May 8, 2014
Roadway: 
La. 93
City: 
Opelousas, LA
Type: Car Accident

Jerry Meaux, 74, killed, after his pickup collides with another pickup, driven by Blaire Duhon, 22, who was arrested for DWI, on Louisiana 342, near Scott.

State Police arrested a Scott woman accused of drunken driving and hitting a pickup head-on Thursday afternoon on La. 342, killing the pickup’s driver, a 74-year-old Duson man.

Date: 
Wednesday, April 23, 2014
Roadway: 
Louisiana 342
City: 
Scott, LA
Type: Car Accident

Jarvis Carey, 27, killed, Joshua Horton, injured, transported to hospital, after their car leaves the Louisiana 105 roadway near Melville, and crashes into a fence.

A man was killed and his passenger was injured in an early morning crash Friday on La. 105 north of Melville, State Police reported.

Date: 
Thursday, April 17, 2014
Roadway: 
Louisiana 105
City: 
Melville, LA
Type: Car Accident

Brian Stockstill, 36, Creig Broussard, 53, killed, after their two pickup's collide head-on near New Iberia on Louisiana 182.

Two people were killed Tuesday night in a head-on crash on La. 182 in Iberia Parish, State Police said.

Date: 
Monday, April 7, 2014
Roadway: 
La. 182
City: 
New Iberia, LA
Type: Car Accident

Jarwin Bourque, 47, killed, Dawn Broussard, 21, Charles Robertson, 49, seriously injured, transported to hospital, after a 3-vehicle crash on U.S. 90 near New Iberia.

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.

Date: 
Sunday, March 30, 2014
Roadway: 
U.S. 90
City: 
New Iberia, LA
Type: Car Accident

Cassie Kilby, 14, Kaylin Flyte, 16, Joe Wise, 33, killed, 3 others injured after head-on crash on Louisiana Highway 343 in Lafayette, Louisiana

Troopers with the Louisiana State Police arrested Charles Moter, 58, on charges stemming from a vehicle crash that left three people dead Saturday afternoon.
Date: 
Friday, December 27, 2013
Roadway: 
Louisiana Highway 343
City: 
Lafayette, LA
Type: Car Accident
Topics: 
Children/Minors Involved