DENHAM SPRINGS, LA – Louisiana Department of Transportation was called to a two-truck collision that occurred last Wednesday, June 25, USA Today reports. Authorities said the events unraveled when the driver of a DB Schenker truck crashed into a bucket truck. An electrical worker was inside the bucket truck’s cherry picker at the time of […]
NEW ORLEANS, LA – Louisiana Department of Transportation crews had to issue several hour-long closures on Wednesday due to a big rig fire on I-10 East. The truck accident happened overnight in the area of Bonnet Carré Spillway at milepost 218, according to WWLTV. Transportation workers shut down the right lane for the clean-up process. […]
MINDEN, LA – A truck driver lost his life and a truck passenger sustained minor injuries in a collision that happened off Moody Road Monday. Louisiana State Patrol told Magnolia Reporter that the driver was driving a 2019 Mack TerraPro, when for reasons unclear, lost control of his truck. The truck veered off westbound Moody […]
SCHIREVER, LA – Two children died, and one adult and another child were injured in a T-bone crash involving a big rig on Thursday, June 5. Louisiana State Police told WWLTV that the crash happened after a woman driving a 1999 Toyota Camry turned left onto a driveway from LA Highway 311 when she crashed […]
METAIRIE, LA – A semi-truck overturned and crashed into a canal after colliding with a car off West Esplanade Avenue and North Labarre Wednesday. The two-vehicle collision warranted a response from East Bank Consolidated Fire Department and Jefferson Parish fire officials, according to WDSU. After arriving, first responders shut down a portion of West Esplanade […]
BETHANY, LA – A driver of a red pickup truck died, and a driver of a big rig was injured in a head-on truck collision in Bethany near the Texas and Louisiana state line Sunday. KSLA said the events unfolded after 1:30 a.m. when the pickup truck driver lost control of their vehicle while driving […]
DUSON, LA – A 61-year-old man died following a commercial truck rollover collision off I-10 Sunday, KLYF reports. The events unfolded around 4 a.m., when the man had lost control of his 2020 Kenworth truck with an attached trailer, veered off the road, and struck a cable barrier. The impact of the collision caused his […]
SHREVEPORT, LA – A 44-year-old man from Pearland, Texas, lost his life to a solo tractor-trailer collision that happened on I-220 last Thursday, April 24. Shreveport police told KSLA that the Texas man was driving on I-220 West when he lost control of his red-colored big rig, causing it to crash into a guardrail and […]
NEW ORLEANS, LA – At least one person was left with unspecified injuries after a truck rollover collision on the westbound lanes of High Rise Bridge Monday. WWLTV said the crash happened between Chef Menteur Hwy at Exit 240B and Almonaster/Louisa Street leading to Exit 239 A/B. Crews shut down the westbound lanes for several […]
ARCADIA, LA – Local police were summoned to a collision between a big rig and a train that happened at Hazel Street and Railroad Avenue Thursday morning. Police told KSLA that the crash happened when the big rig had reportedly gotten stuck on the railroad tracks. The truck stayed disabled and was struck by the […]