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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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53
Percent of U.S: 
1
State: 
Louisiana

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Accident reports by county

Hancock County, MS - 26
Jefferson Parish, LA - 55
Lafourche Parish, LA - 18
Orleans Parish, LA - 143
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

Robert Smith, 75, dead after rear-ending car with motorcycle on Pumpkin Center Road in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana in

Date: 
Thursday, June 10, 2021
Roadway: 
Pumpkin Center Road
Type: Motorcycle Accident
Topics: 
Rear-End Collisions

Two children sustain minor injuries in crash between car and school bus at Lake Forest Boulevard and Michoud Boulevard in New Orleans, Louisiana

Date: 
Monday, June 7, 2021
Roadway: 
Lake Forest Boulevard and Michoud Boulevard
City: 
New Orleans, LA
Type: Bus Accident
Topics: 
Children/Minors Involved, School Bus

9-year-old boy on dirt bike seriously injured when struck by 14-year-old girl in pickup truck near Charlene Lane and Carol Lane near Covington, Louisiana

Date: 
Thursday, April 29, 2021
Roadway: 
Charlene Lane and Carol Lane
City: 
Covington, LA
Type: Motorcycle Accident
Topics: 
Children/Minors Involved, Underage Drivers

David Ledet, 63, Ernest Williams, 69, James Wallingsford, 55, Anthony Hartford, 55, Lawrence J. Warren, 36, dead, 8 others still missing after lift boat capsizes miles from coast near Port Fourchon, Louisiana

Date: 
Tuesday, April 13, 2021
City: 
Port Fourchon, LA
Type: Boat Accident
Topics: 
Drowning, Accidents in Waterways, Special Circumstances - Commercial Vehicle, Weather Conditions, Weather Issues

Bridgett Kentrell Alexander, 26, dead, semi-truck driver injured after head-on collision between car and truck on Highway 3127 in St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana

Date: 
Friday, April 2, 2021
Roadway: 
Highway 3127
Type: Truck Accident
Topics: 
Head-on

Eliseo Randolfo Jordan dies after three-vehicle collision on U.S. 51 at Woodland Drive in St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana

Date: 
Saturday, March 27, 2021
Roadway: 
U.S. 51 at Woodland Drive
Type: Car Accident

One person killed and alleged hit-and-run driver Tristen Blake Sullivan arrested in collision at Highway 22 and Garden Drive in Madisonville, Louisiana

Date: 
Saturday, March 20, 2021
Roadway: 
Highway 22 and Garden Drive
City: 
Madisonville, LA
Type: Car Accident
Topics: 
Hit and Run

Driver killed when truck leaves roadway and overturns on Jean Lafitte Boulevard near Cody Ryan Road in Lafitte, Louisiana

Date: 
Tuesday, March 9, 2021
Roadway: 
Jean Lafitte Boulevard near Cody Ryan Road
City: 
Lafitte, LA
Type: Car Accident
Topics: 
Road Departure, Rollover

Man dies after attempting to cross train track on bicycle and getting hit by slow-moving train near Chef Menteur Highway in New Orleans, Louisiana

Date: 
Tuesday, March 9, 2021
Roadway: 
Chef Menteur Highway
City: 
New Orleans, LA
Type: Bicycle Accident

Rod Willhoft, 33, dead after being thrown from boat, 4 others injured in collision with Highway 11 drawbridge on Lake Pontchartrain in Slidell, Louisiana

Date: 
Saturday, March 6, 2021
Roadway: 
Highway 11 drawbridge on Lake Pontchartrain
City: 
Slidell, LA
Type: Boat Accident
Topics: 
Ejected from Vehicle, Accidents in Waterways

8-year-old child on electric bicycle critically injured, hit-and-run driver Juan Orellana, 43, arrested after collision on Vintage Driver in Kenner, Louisiana

Date: 
Sunday, February 28, 2021
Roadway: 
Vintage Drive
City: 
Kenner, LA
Type: Pedestrian Accident
Topics: 
Children/Minors Involved, Hit and Run

Christina Larsen, 31, dies days after being struck by arrested hit-and-run driver Adrian A. Caliste Jr. on St. Charles Avenue at Harmony Street in New Orleans, Louisiana

Date: 
Saturday, February 27, 2021
Roadway: 
St. Charles Avenue at Harmony Street
City: 
New Orleans, LA
Type: Pedestrian Accident
Topics: 
Hit and Run

Woman killed in hit-and-run pedestrian collision on Chef Menteur Highway in New Orleans, Louisiana

Date: 
Friday, January 22, 2021
Roadway: 
Chef Menteur Highway
City: 
New Orleans, LA
Type: Pedestrian Accident
Topics: 
Hit and Run

Construction worker Brady Ortego killed in collision with hit-and-run driver on Interstate 310 in St. Charles Parish, Louisiana

Date: 
Thursday, January 14, 2021
Roadway: 
Interstate 310
Type: Pedestrian Accident
Topics: 
Hit and Run, Construction

Two people killed in collision on Mississippi 603 in Hancock County, Mississippi

Date: 
Friday, December 25, 2020
Roadway: 
Mississippi 603
Type: Car Accident