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 […]
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 […]