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When someone is injured in an accident in New Orleans, 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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Accident reports by county

Hancock County, MS - 24
Jefferson Parish, LA - 55
Lafourche Parish, LA - 18
Orleans Parish, LA - 141
Pearl River County, MS - 15
Plaquemines Parish, LA - 5
St. Bernard Parish, LA - 3
St. Charles Parish, LA - 20
St. James Parish, LA - 6
St. John the Baptist Parish, LA - 18
St. Tammany Parish, LA - 64
Tangipahoa Parish, LA - 36
Terrebonne Parish, LA - 17
Washington Parish, LA - 14

Most recent accident reports

Brandon Craig, 32, and Conrad Hebert, 31, killed and Kori Goldsby, 22, and Jason Trahan, 29, seriously injured after a 3-car crash on I-55 southbound near Manchac, Louisiana

Interstate 55 southbound has reopened after being closed due to deadly accident. The southbound lanes were closed between Manchac and Ruddock.
Date: 
Monday, March 10, 2014
Roadway: 
I-55 Southbound
City: 
Manchac, LA
Type: Car Accident
Topics: 
Wrong-way Crash, Head-on

James Isom, 40, killed, after his car runs a red light, overturns, and crashes into a utility pole in Kenner, Jefferson Parish.

The Kenner Police Department is investigating a fatal one-car crash that occurred Saturday (March 8) shortly before 5 a.m. in the 700 block of Clay Street, near the intersection with Airline Drive.

Date: 
Friday, March 7, 2014
Roadway: 
Clay Street
City: 
Kenner, LA
Type: Car Accident

Three children suffer minor injuries after two Martin Behrman Charter School buses, on the way to Mardi Gras, collide on westbound I-10 in New Orleans, Louisiana

Two 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.
Date: 
Monday, March 3, 2014
Roadway: 
I-10 westbound
City: 
New Orleans, LA
Type: Bus Accident
Topics: 
School Bus, Children/Minors Involved

Michael Perriloux, 18, arrested on multiple charges, after a police pursuit, in a stolen car, leads to a crash with a utility pole and a house near Meraux in St. Bernard Parrish.

A Baton Rouge man was arrested Tuesday in Meraux after fleeing police in a stolen Cadillac and crashing the car into a house, according to the St. Bernard Sheriff's office.
Date: 
Monday, March 3, 2014
Roadway: 
DeBouchel Drive and Tracey Avenue
City: 
Meraux, LA
Type: Car Accident
Topics: 
Accident Topics: Teenaged Drivers - Young Adult Drivers, Stolen Vehicle, High-Speed Chase, Reckless Driving, Unlicensed Driver/Suspended License

Roderick G. Mabon, 53, killed after his car left the Highway 38 roadway in Washington Parish, crashed into a ditch and struck a tree.

Roderick G. Mabon, 53, died in a car crash early Saturday morning (March 1) in rural Washington Parish.

Date: 
Friday, February 28, 2014
Roadway: 
Highway 38 Westbound
City: 
Franklinton, LA
Type: Car Accident

21-year-old male skateboarder struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver near Bundy Road in New Orleans, Louisiana

Police are investigating a fatal hit-and-run crash involving a skateboarder early Saturday morning. Authorities said the crash happened on the Interstate 10 service road near Bundy Road about 1:30 a.m.
Date: 
Friday, February 28, 2014
Roadway: 
Interstate 10 service road near Bundy Road
City: 
New Orleans, LA
Type: Pedestrian Accident
Topics: 
Hit and Run, Skateboard

Two people killed after their car crashes at high speed into a high voltage utility tower and burns near Gretna in Jefferson Parish.

Two people burned to death Friday morning after their car veered off Gretna Boulevard and crashed into a high voltage utility tower. The wreck happened around 3:30 a.m.

Date: 
Thursday, February 27, 2014
Roadway: 
Gretna Boulevard
City: 
Gretna, LA
Type: Car Accident

Ronal Ehrhardt,75, killed, after a car driven by David Millsap, 24, rear-ends his car in Jefferson Parrish, and flees the scene. Millsap is wanted on multiple charges.

Authorities are looking for a man they say fled the scene of a fatal hit-and-run on Veterans Boulevard Thursday (Feb. 27) then stopped at a drugstore where he shoved an elderly woman to the ground and drove off in her car.

Date: 
Thursday, February 27, 2014
Roadway: 
Veterans Boulevard and Brockenbraugh Court
City: 
Metairie, LA
Type: Car Accident

50-year-old bicyclist struck and killed by a car in the Bywater neighborhood on New Orleans.

A 50-year-old man riding a bicycle was killed Wednesday night in a crash in the Bywater neighborhood, New Orleans police said.

The accident happened about 10 p.m. at the intersection of Saint Claude Avenue and Pauline Street.

Date: 
Tuesday, February 25, 2014
Roadway: 
Saint Claude Avenue and Pauline Street
City: 
New Orleans, LA
Type: Bicycle Accident

70-year-old man killed in single car crash on I-10 when he loses control of car and crashes into several guard rails.

New Orleans police said a 70-year-old man was killed in a crash Monday night on I-10 at the Twin Span.

The crash happened about 8:30 p.m.

Date: 
Sunday, February 16, 2014
Roadway: 
I-10
City: 
New Orleans, LA
Type: Car Accident

2 people suffer minor injuries after rear-end collision on the southbound Lake Pontchartrain Causeway in New Orleans, Louisiana

The southbound side of the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway has reopened after a 30-minute closure due to an accident. Two vehicles were involved in the accident at mile marker 17, about seven miles from the north shore.
Date: 
Thursday, February 13, 2014
Roadway: 
Lake Pontchartrain Causeway
City: 
New Orleans, LA
Type: Car Accident
Topics: 
Rear-End Collisions, Mechanical Issue

One person injured and taken to hospital after rear-end crash near the Causeway drawbridge in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana

The northbound lanes of the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway have reopened following an earlier wreck, according to Causeway officials.
Date: 
Wednesday, February 12, 2014
Roadway: 
Lake Pontchartrain Causeway
City: 
New Orleans, LA
Type: Car Accident
Topics: 
Rear-End Collisions, Trapped Under/Inside Vehicle

Tractor-trailer crashes onto its side at intersection in Jefferson Parrish. No injuries reported.

Kenner Police shut down all but one lane of eastbound Veterans Memorial Boulevard at the Williams Boulevard intersection in Kenner after an 18-wheeler flipped onto its side about 12:15 p.m. Wednesday (Feb. 5).

Date: 
Tuesday, February 4, 2014
Roadway: 
Veterans Memorial Boulevard
City: 
Kenner, LA
Type: Car Accident

Gary White, 66, killed after colliding with pickup on Louisiana 25 in Folsom, Louisiana

A motorist from Jefferson died Monday night from injuries he received in a three-pickup-truck crash on Louisiana 25 near Folsom, authorities said. A driver from Mount Hermon was booked with vehicular homicide, DWI and improper lane usage.
Date: 
Monday, February 3, 2014
Roadway: 
Louisiana 25
City: 
Folsom, LA
Type: Truck Accident
Topics: 
DWI - DUI - Alcohol or Drug Use, Head-on

Shaud Wilson 6, killed, Shanaya Wilson 9, slightly injured after being struck by hit-and-run driver while walking to school bus stop in New Orleans, Louisiana

New 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.
Date: 
Sunday, February 2, 2014
City: 
New Orleans, LA
Type: Pedestrian Accident
Topics: 
Hit and Run, Children/Minors Involved