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 […]
WESTWEGO, LA – Louisiana State Department of Transportation crews had to close Highway 90 for a few hours due to a multi-vehicle wreck involving two trash trucks on Wednesday. WWLTV reports that diesel fuel spilled onto the road. Crews shut down the westbound lanes along South Kenner Avenue after 8 a.m. for the clean-up procedure. […]
COVINGTON, LA – A car driver rear-ended a Winget’s Disposal trash truck, leading one of the garbage truck employees, a 26-year-old man, to his death Friday. This incident unfolded around 6 a.m. at the intersection of Lee Road and Royal Pine Drive while the 26-year-old man and his co-worker were picking up some garbage on […]
NEAR RAMAH, LA – Louisiana State Police were dispatched to a two-semi-truck collision that happened on I-10 East west of Ramah Monday. This crash took place before 4:30 p.m. near Little Tensas Bayou when one of the big rigs crashed into the second tractor-trailer, causing the hit truck to jackknife, kpel965.com reports. Police did not confirm […]
BOSSIER CITY, LA – The Bossier Police Department is investigating a car hauler rollover wreck that occurred at Benton Road and Viking Drive Monday afternoon. The impact had caused diesel fuel to spill onto the road, and approximately five cars overturned, according to KSLA. Authorities have not yet disclosed the exact cause of this crash, […]