Last night, a Palmetto man died on the side of US Highway 71 north of Lebeau.
On May 18, 2012, Louisiana State Police Troop I investigated a fatal crash that happened at 8:36 p.m. 25-year-old Eric Franklin of Baton Rouge was driving a 2006 Nissan Altima, headed south, on... more »
LEESVILLE, La. (AP) - A 19-year-old man has been booked with vehicular homicide in connection with the traffic death of a pedestrian on U.S. Highway 171 in Vernon Parish. Louisiana State Police identified the pedestrian as 21-year-old Trevor R. Phillips of Osceola, Mo. The accident happened around 11:30 p.m. Saturday... more »
PORT ALLEN, La. (AP) - State police say a 39-year-old Port Allen woman was killed when she walked into the path of an oncoming car. Troopers say 36-year-old James Craven of Port Allen was westbound on U.S. Highway 190 near La. Highway 1145 just before 2 a.m. Sunday when Elodia... more »
A pedestrian was killed Monday night while walking along a frontage road near Centerville, while his children were with him.
It was just a little after 8 o'clock Monday night and very dark along the frontage road of Highway 90, and that's when 40-year-old Lester Redeaux was struck by... more »
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - A 54-year-old man was killed when he tried to cross Airline Highway in Baton Rouge and was hit by a truck. Baton Rouge police say the accident occurred around 7:20 p.m. Tuesday. Police say the driver of the pickup, 35-year-old Shawn Sterling of Baton Rouge,... more »
The search is on for a hit and run driver, who killed a pedestrian early this morning. Louisiana State Police Troop I is investigating the fatal hit and run crash on LA 182.
It happened at 4:16 a.m. Troopers say an unknown vehicle was traveling east on LA 182.... more »
A pedestrian is hit and killed in St. Mary Parish. State Police say 52-year old Danny Gautreaux of Patterson had just run out of gas. He was hit by a Ford Taurus after leaving his truck and walking against the flow of traffic. It happened on the Highway 90 frontage... more »
The pedestrian killed in a Monday night traffic accident in Houma turned out not to be the man police thought he was.
Police at first thought he was Roland Carcisse Sr. of Thibodaux. The victim was carrying a picture identification card that the 47-year-old Carcisse had lost. Police Chief... more »