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 […]
STARKS, LA – A 59-year-old motorcyclist lost his life after he tried to pursue a U-turn on LA 12 and collided with a 1999 Western Star big rig last Wednesday, March 26. Louisiana State Police said the collision happened around 4 p.m. on the eastbound lanes. Prior to the crash, the biker had stopped on […]
LIVINGSTON, LA – Louisiana State Police and Livingston Parish Sheriff’s Office were summoned to a big rig rollover crash on I-12 Tuesday. WBRZ said the collision took place between Livingston and Holden. Preliminary details suggest the truck flipped over after colliding with another vehicle. Despite the severity of the wreck, every occupant was spared from […]
ALEXANDRIA, LA – A tanker truck crashed and overturned on I-49 South, ending in an oil spill on Friday, Feb. 21, KALB reports. Louisiana State hazmat personnel, Alexandria firefighters, and Rapides Parish fire crews were all summoned to the scene. They shut down the southbound lanes for the oil spill cleanup process and the removal […]
AKERS, LA – At least one person was injured in a semi-truck and mail truck crash on I-55 South that caused degreaser to spill on the road on Friday. WDSU News 6 said the collision happened before 9 a.m. The details leading up to the wreck are unclear. However, footage from the source shows that […]
NEW ORLEANS, LA – A box truck driver rear-ended a flatbed truck on the I-10 Twin Span Bridge, forcing the box truck to crash into lake waters and later sending the male driver to the hospital. The rear-end wreck happened around 2 p.m. Tuesday on the bridge’s westbound lanes, Fox8Live reports. The truck had landed […]
SHREVEPORT, LA – The sun’s glare made it difficult for the tow truck driver to see a parked school bus, leading them to rear-end the bus and injuring themself and four children. According to KSLA, the collision took place before 7:30 a.m. last Thursday, Jan. 16, on North Market Street as the school bus driver […]