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• Saltwater Truck Driver Killed in Accident

  Christina Cole | April 09, 2007 2:18 PM | 0 CommentsLafayette, LA

  A 30-year-old, saltwater tank driver was killed Sunday in a trucking accident, in DeSoto Parish, when his truck ran off the highway and overturned.The main cause of the crash is believed to be speed. This is the third fatal accident in DeSoto Parish involving a saltwater truck in the past four months.The accident occurred at 12:30pm on Louisiana Highway 5. State Police say he was driving...

• Woman Killed in Car Wreck

  Christina Cole | March 30, 2007 12:17 AM | 0 CommentsLafayette, LA

  A Ragley woman was killed in a fatal car accident on Texas Eastern Road just north of Topsy in Jeff Davis Parish.The accident victim was a 25-year-old woman. Police report she was riding in the front seat when the driver, a 46-year-old woman, lost control of her vehicle in a curve and ran into a ditch. A two year old child, also in the car at the time of the accident was transported to the...

• Police Chase Ends in Fatal Crash

  Christina Cole | March 19, 2007 1:17 AM | 0 CommentsLafayette, LA

  A man died in a car accident late Saturday after a police chase, Louisiana state police reports.The 25-year-old man was being pursued by a marked patrol car for an alleged speeding violation and failure to yield when he lost control of his Chevy Caprice at 8:20pm.He drove his car too fast into a right hand curve on State Highway 2 west of State Highway 152 when he lost control of the vehicle,...

• Two Fatalities in Car Wreck

  Christina Cole | March 10, 2007 12:30 AM | 0 CommentsLafayette, LA

  Two people were killed in a single car accident on Saturday, including an 8-year-old boy that was traveling in the bed of the pickup truck.According to Police, the child was riding in the back of the truck with a 37-year-old man around 2 pm. The driver of the truck lost control causing it to veer off to the left of the road. The truck flipped, ejecting the passenger, a woman, traveling inside...

• Three Crashes - Three Fatalities

  Christina Cole | February 28, 2007 12:24 AM | 0 CommentsLafayette, LA

  Three unrelated car accidents in Lafayette and Evangeline parishes on Tuesday ended in three fatalities, all which are being investigated by state police.Just after midnight Tuesday, a hit and run accident left a 19-year-old man dead.Troopers say Carrera was traveling in his pickup when an 18-wheeler was trying to cross Johnson Street. The 18-wheeler pulled into the path of Carrera's truck which...

• Man Suffers Injuries in Train Accident

  Christina Cole | February 20, 2007 2:13 AM | 1 CommentLafayette, LA

  A Shreveport man is in the hospital after a train accident involving his vehicle, on Hollywood Avenue.The train engineer told police the car had stalled between the crossing arms on the tracks and the driver was trying to get out of the vehicle. The train pushed the vehicle several feet along the tracks.The impact of the train crashing into the car ejected the driver. The man was taken to LSU...

• Man Killed in Crash had left the Scene of an Earlier Crash

  Christina Cole | February 14, 2007 1:26 AM | 0 CommentsLafayette, LA

  A Lafayette man that was killed in a car crash on Monday, had fled the scene of another crash in Delphi, police said. The driver suffered fatal injuries when his Dodge pickup truck went off the road and crashed into many trees. He was pronounced dead at St. Elizabeth Medical Center shortly after arriving. Officials say they smelled alcohol at the scene but there is currently no further...

• Driver Indicted on Charges in Car Accident

  Christina Cole | February 05, 2007 11:29 PM | 0 CommentsLafayette, LA

  The driver involved in a car accident that ended with four people dead has been indicted on negligent homicide charges.The driver, of Lafayette, Louisiana, now faces up to five years in prison on each of the four counts. Anti-racing billboards and a resolution in the Legislature have been prompted by the deaths, calling for a public safety campaign to stop street racing. It is unclear whether...

• Two Die in Head-On Car Crash

  Christina Cole | January 24, 2007 7:45 AM | 0 CommentsLafayette, LA

  Just before 6am in front of M&M International and Pinnacle Oilfield Service, a fatal car accident occured when a black Scion TC was trying to pass a vehicle and crashed with a pickup truck head-on, killing both men from each vehicle.One witness, an M&M employee Mike Martin, was about 30ft from the crash outside the front door. The crash caused both vehicles to land in a ditch in front of both...

• Train Accident Causes Explosion

  Christina Cole | January 15, 2007 1:07 AM | 0 CommentsLafayette, LA

  On Monday a railroad accident occured when four railroad cars broke free and rolled into a standing engine, creating an explosion and fire in Estill County, say State Police. No injuries have been reported and plans for an evacuation in Northern Estill County have been changed. After many people left the area, the residents were then told to stay inside and put towels under their doors to...