DERIDDER, La. (AP) - State police say a 27-year-old Leesville woman died over the weekend in a two-vehicle crash in Beauregard Parish. The accident happened early Saturday morning at the intersection of La. Highway 26 and Three Pine Church Road southeast of DeRidder. Troopers say Reanna Knox was southbound on... more »
FARMERVILLE, La. (AP) - State police say one man was killed and another hospitalized following a single vehicle accident un Union Parish. The accident happened early Wednesday morning on La. Highway 33 near Farmerville. Troopers say a 2005 Chevrolet Avalanche was northbound when it ran off the road and hit... more »
SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) - Caddo Parish sheriff's deputies are investigating a fatal accident that closed southbound Interstate 49 south of Shreveport for about five hours. Deputies say the driver of a northbound car lost control, crossed the median and hit a southbound UPS tractor-trailer Tuesday morning. The wreck killed a... more »
LaPLACE, La. (AP) - Authorities say a wrong-way driver was killed when the vehicle they were driving crashed into another vehicle on Interstate 10 near LaPlace, critically injuring four others. Louisiana State Trooper Nick Manale says a driver was travelling eastbound in the westbound lanes of I-10 early Friday and... more »
TYLER, Texas (AP) - One person was killed and at least seven others were hospitalized after a Louisiana church van crashed while returning from an East Texas water park. The Texas Department of Public Safety says the crash happened about 5 p.m. Saturday on Interstate 20 eastbound, about 12 miles... more »
SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) - One person was killed and another seriously injured when a SUV crossed the median of Interstate 220 and struck another vehicle. The accident happened Tuesday in the westbound lanes of I-220, just north of the Jefferson-Paige Road overpass in far west Shreveport. Caddo Parish sheriff's deputies... more »
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - One woman dead and more than a dozen people were injured after a multi-vehicle accident shut down part of the Interstate 610 eastbound in New Orleans. According to investigators, a 30-year-old Slidell man driving a dump truck lost control and struck a car, causing a chain... more »
BAY ST. LOUIS, Miss. (AP) - Officials were awaiting an autopsy Monday before releasing the name of a person killed when a small plane crashed in coastal Hancock County, Miss. The Federal Aviation Administration says the crash was reported at 6:15 a.m. Monday about 6 to 8 miles west of... more »
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - New Orleans police say there haven't been any arrests in a shooting that killed a 32-year-old woman and injured four other people after a walking parade had passed. Orleans Parish Coroner's Chief Investigator John Gagliano tells The Times-Picayune that Kaamila Muhammad was shot in the head.... more »
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - New Orleans police are investigating a triple shooting that left one person dead and three others injured. The Times-Picayune reports police found a 25-year-old man with multiple gunshot wounds Sunday night inside a vehicle. According to investigators, the victim was driving one car when shots were... more »