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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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
Sat, 04/09/2016 Car Accident Former Saints defensive end Will Smith shot and killed, and driver Cardell Hayes, 28, charged after car crash on Sophie Wright Place in Garden District in New Orleans, Louisiana
Tue, 02/16/2016 Car Accident One man killed and two injured in single-vehicle collision on Earhart Boulevard in New Orleans,Louisiana
Tue, 02/09/2016 Pedestrian Accident Brenda Gayton, 52, killed in pedestrian collision with alleged drunk driver Brian Gray, 38, at Canal Street and North Gayoso Street in New Orleans, Louisiana
Thu, 02/04/2016 Drunk Driving Chad Vidrine, 36, arrested, Joseph Sunseri, 35, killed and 1 critically injured in collision at Calliope Street and Annunciation Street in New Orleans, Louisiana
Sun, 01/24/2016 Car Accident 21-year-old woman killed, and three people injured in two-car collision on Interstate 10 in New Orleans, Louisiana
Sat, 01/16/2016 Motorcycle Accident Motorcyclist, 36, killed in collision on Interstate 10 at West End Boulevard in New Orleans, LA
Sat, 01/02/2016 Pedestrian Accident Joshua Woodruff, 28, killed after being dragged miles from site of pedestrian collision at Dumaine and Decatur streets in New Orleans, Louisiana - $50,000 reward offered
Fri, 12/25/2015 Pedestrian Accident 45-year-old man killed in pedestrian collision with alleged drunk driver at General De Gaulle and Garden Oaks in New Orleans, Louisiana
Thu, 11/19/2015 Car Accident One person killed in crash at Almonaster Avenue and Old Gentilly Road in New Orleans, Louisiana
Sat, 10/24/2015 Pedestrian Accident Quintella Williams, 29, arrested in alleged DWI crash after striking and killing pedestrian Sakanah Franklin, 37, and driving off with body on hood of vehicle, on North Claiborne Avenue and Kelerec Street in New Orleans, Louisiana
Mon, 10/19/2015 Car Accident 80-year-old woman dies after car wreck at Poland Avenue and North Johnson Street in New Orleans, Louisiana
Mon, 09/21/2015 Pedestrian Accident Man killed when car strikes pickup, which flips onto him on Toledano Street in New Orleans, Louisiana
Sun, 09/20/2015 Pedestrian Accident Deputy injured when struck by police officer on motorcycle while directing traffic at the Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana