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• Three Crashes - Three Fatalities

  Christina Cole | February 28, 2007 12:24 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  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 Comments
  Category: Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)

  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 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  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 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  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...