Complete Louisiana accident reports and news.
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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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Most recent accident reports
Baton Rouge, LA
Two Denham Springs men died late Wednesday in Iberville Parish after the pickup they were traveling in left La. 1148, hit a tree and caught on fire, State Police announced.
Baton Rouge, LA
An 11-year-old Baton Rouge girl was thrown from a car early Tuesday along La. 1 in Lafourche Parish and killed, Louisiana State Police reported.
Baton Rouge, LA
A 48-year-old Holden man died early Monday after a crash on La. 22, east of La. 937 near the Diversion Canal in Ascension Parish, State Police said.
Lawrence M. Lambert wasn’t wearing his seatbelt and suffered fatal injuries, Trooper First Class Jared Sandifer said in a press release.
New Orleans, LA
New Orleans, LA
New Orleans police said a 6-year-old child was killed in a fatal crash on Interstate 10 at the Morrison Avenue exit in New Orleans East.
According to police, a vehicle overturned at the exit about 12 p.m. All lanes on the road were closed. The roads reopened about 2 p.m.
New Orleans, LA
A 60-year-old Waggaman's man was killed Friday evening in St. Charles Parish after authorities say his motorcycle collided with an 18-wheeler on River Road near Airport Lane.
Shreveport, LA
A man and woman killed in a fiery crash Wednesday morning have been identified.
Lafayette, LA
A Cankton man was killed in a single-vehicle crash early Friday in St. Landry Parish, State Police said.
New Orleans, LA
State police say one man has died and another man seriously injured in St. John the Baptist Parish crash.
The accident happened just before 8 p.m. Sunday on La. Highway 44 in Garyville.
Baton Rouge, LA
Lafayette, LA
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.
Shreveport, LA
The elderly couple struck and killed by a train in their pickup truck at a Keithville crossing have been identified.
New Orleans, LA
State Police investigators have identified the pedestrian killed while walking on Interstate 10 in Metairie Wednesday morning (April 22) as Harry Daigle III, 34, of Metairie.
Shreveport, LA
Baton Rouge, LA
A Hammond man died on Monday when the dump truck he was driving veered off the road and into a ditch, then went airborne and crashed into a tree.
Officials identified the driver as 22-year-old Will E. Wright, Jr..