NEW ORLEANS, LA – A pedestrian was struck by an 18-wheeler on Paris Road early Tuesday morning, Fox 8 reports. Police say they responded to a call about a collision near the Green Bridge on Paris Road around 4:20 am. They found that the truck struck the pedestrian while headed northbound. The pedestrian was pronounced […]
BREAUX BRIDGE, LA – A 60-year-old man died after failing to negotiate a curve and crashing his truck off Louisiana Highway 31 on Monday. KPEL965 said the single-truck crash took place around 5 p.m. on the highway’s southbound lanes near Oleste Tauzin Road. When the driver drifted off the right side of the road while […]
KEACHI, LA – A 34-year-old man was killed following a collision between a pickup truck and a commercial truck Saturday, according to CBS 19. The crash occurred around 6:45 a.m. at the intersection of Louisiana Highway 172 and Louisiana Highway 169. Louisiana State Police’s preliminary details show that the 34-year-old man, driving a 2000 Chevrolet […]
PORT ALLEN, LA – A 66-year-old man was killed in a rear-end crash involving a delivery truck on Route 1 along Port Allen Middle School last Thursday, July 31. The West Baton Rouge Parish Coroner’s Office told WBRZ that the events unfolded after 12:30 p.m. when the 66-year-old man, driving a car, rear-ended the delivery […]
PRAIREVILLE, LA – A 48-year-old man was killed after getting hit by a trash truck and another vehicle on U.S. 61 south of LA 42 Tuesday, WAFB said. Preliminary details show that the 48-year-old man was driving a 2012 Toyota Camry when he crashed it. The car driver, identified as Travis Weams, a Prairieville local, […]
NEAR FRIERSON, LA – Three people, including a truck driver, and some cows were injured in a collision that happened near Frierson last Tuesday, KSLA reports. The truck, which was transporting dozens of cows, had crashed and overturned around 1:15 a.m. on I-49. Approximately 70 to 80 cows fell from the truck and got loose. […]
BATON ROUGE, LA – A USPS mail truck flipped over and landed on its side after colliding with a CATS bus on Jefferson Highway in Baton Rouge Sunday. In addition to the rollover, the bus had crashed into a fence along the Circle K gas station and convenience store, according to WBRZ. Despite the nature […]
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 […]