JEFFERSON, LA – A sanitation worker was hospitalized after a car struck his truck in Jefferson Parish on Monday. WDSU reports that the crash happened before 9 a.m. at the intersection of River Road and Shrewsbury Court. Police have identified the driver of the car as 44-year-old May Wen. They say Wen was distracted by […]
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WEST MONROE, LA – A 77-year-old man died in a two-vehicle collision on Louisiana Highway 617 in Ouachita Parish Thursday afternoon, KTVE reports. The incident happened around 4:15 p.m. south of Louisiana Highway 838 in West Monroe when a 2015 Nissan Sentra turned onto LA-617 from a private driveway. The driver of the Nissan failed
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SHREVEPORT, LA – A teen girl died on Friday when the SUV in which she rode crashed and overturned in Bossier City. WKRG News 5 reports that the driver of the SUV, 22-year-old Willie Player, was fleeing state police at the time of the wreck. Police attempted to pull over the Chevrolet Tahoe for a
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SULPHUR, LA – An 18-year-old woman from Sulphur died in a two-vehicle collision on Saturday, reports WWL. Police have not released many details, but say the accident occurred around 2 p.m. at the intersection of Cypress Street and Willow Avenue. Officials have identified the deceased as Jesse Harmon. They say Harmon had graduated high school
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HOUMA, LA – A 21-year-old bicyclist has died from injuries sustained in a collision last Tuesday with a pickup truck on LA-660 in Terrebonne Parish, WWL reports. State police have identified the deceased as Colby Prestenback from Gray, LA. They say the accident happened around 5 p.m. when Prestenback failed to stop at a red
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LAPLACE, LA – A 45-year-old pedestrian was hit and killed by a police cruiser on U.S. 61 in Laplace on Thursday, WGNO reports. Louisiana State Police have identified the pedestrian as Dave Walker. They say Walker attempted to cross U.S. 61 by foot on Thursday night near the intersection of Windsor Street. He was hit
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RINGGOLD, LA – A woman died last Friday when she veered off of US Highway 371 in Bienville Parish and crashed into a tree, KSLA news reports. State police say the accident occurred before 10:30 a.m. just south of Par Road 452. They have identified the victim as 34-year-old Amber Holman. According to officials, Holman
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LOGANSPORT, LA – A 40-year-old man died after driving his pickup truck off of Highway 191 in De Soto Parish and hitting a tree, KTAL 6 reports. Police say the accident occurred before midnight south of Pierce Road when the driver, identified as Jon Temple, lost control of his vehicle. Temple was unrestrained and died
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GRETNA, LA – A police chase that started in Plaquemines Parish finished when the pursued vehicle collided with another car in Gretna, LA on Monday. Authorities say the collision occurred around 9 p.m. near the intersection of Lapalco Blvd and Belle Chasse Highway. State police reported minor injuries from the crash. An investigation is pending.
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SCOTT, LA – A female pedestrian was hit and killed by a pickup truck near Scott on Wednesday, KLFY reports. Police say the incident occurred just before 3 a.m. when a 2015 Ram 1500 pickup truck ran over an unidentified female pedestrian in the middle of U.S. Highway 90 near Andres Road. The truck driver
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