A pedestrian suffered life-threatening injuries after a pickup truck struck him on North Hearne Avenue in Shreveport on Friday evening, September 25, 2026. Shreveport police responded near North Hearne Avenue and Forum Drive at approximately 5:27 p.m. The investigation remains open. What Police Found at the Scene Officers located an unconscious and unresponsive male…
A 41-year-old Garyville man died after a rear-end crash on Airline Highway in Reserve early Sunday, September 27, 2026. Louisiana State Police said the collision happened shortly after 2:30 a.m. on northbound U.S. Highway 61 near Terre Haute Road in St. John the Baptist Parish. The investigation remains preliminary. What Louisiana State Police Says…
A 55-year-old Vidalia man died and at least one passenger suffered moderate injuries after a 2003 Chevrolet Corvette left Louisiana Highway 131 in Concordia Parish on September 26, 2026. Louisiana State Police have not released the driver’s name or identified the injured passenger. The reason the Corvette left the roadway remains under investigation. What…
Solange Champagne, 25, and Stephan Cormier, 56, died after a passenger vehicle and two sugarcane tractor rigs were involved in a crash on Resweber Street in St. Martinville on Monday, September 28, 2026. Interim St. Martinville Police Chief Andrew Broussard identified both victims. Champagne was driving the passenger vehicle, and Cormier was operating one…
Dedrick Washington, 54, died after a vehicle struck him in the 3100 block of Louisiana Highway 19 in Baker on September 28, 2026. The East Baton Rouge Parish Coroner’s Office identified him the following day. Baker police investigated the Monday-morning collision. Authorities closed Highway 19 between Ben Williams Lane and Spur Lane while officers…
A 15-year-old passenger died when a Nissan Frontier ran off Louisiana Highway 126, overturned and struck a tree at Waterbind Road near Grayson on September 28, 2026. The driver and front-seat passenger suffered injuries State Police described as minor. Troop F’s preliminary account says the 2013 Frontier was traveling west before it left the…
Carmelo Riley, Brian Smith II and Tyrell Yates, all Southeastern Louisiana University students, died after a Honda Accord left the road and struck a concrete support column near Ponchatoula on September 28, 2026. WBRZ reported the Tangipahoa Parish Coroner’s Office’s identification of the three men on September 29. Yates was a former Southeastern basketball…
Terrance Ruffin, 19, died in a nine-vehicle crash near North Foster Drive and Prescott Road in Baton Rouge shortly before noon on September 27, 2026. WBRZ’s report, citing Baton Rouge police, lists seven injured people, including one in critical condition. The injury totals in the published reports differ. WAFB, citing emergency officials, reports eight…
A 45-year-old Opelousas man died after his Harley-Davidson left Louisiana Highway 3212 and struck a concrete curb near Grand Prairie Road in Iberia Parish on September 27, 2026. State Police Troop I responded shortly before 2 a.m. The rider’s name is not given in the preliminary release. Police describe a 2002 Harley-Davidson traveling west,…
A 20-year-old Ringgold man died when his Toyota Sienna left Louisiana Highway 154, hit a tree and caught fire in Bossier Parish on September 26, 2026. Louisiana State Police Troop G responded around 5 a.m. near Springhill Church Road. The State Police release describes a 2024 Sienna traveling east before it left the road….
Ebony Erving, 37, died when her Nissan was struck head-on during a three-vehicle crash on Hilry Huckaby Drive in Shreveport on September 25, 2026. A 6-year-old passenger survived, along with the drivers of the other two vehicles. Correction, September 29, 2026: An earlier police account reported by KSLA described a second woman’s injuries as…
Louisiana State Police arrested James Middleton IV, 36, after a September 14, 2026 crash on US 190 between Albany and Holden injured Cynthia Macias. WBRZ’s initial report, citing troopers, said the driver who struck another vehicle left on foot and was arrested that afternoon. The available reports describe an arrest and criminal allegations. They…
The September 16, 2026 crash on Mosleys Bluff Road raises two separate questions: why a Ford F-150 left the roadway, and how the resulting impact caused fatal injuries. Louisiana State Police’s September 17 release reports that the driver was unrestrained, but does not explain the truck’s departure. The reported movement was to the right…
A 28-year-old Leesville man died after the Honda Foreman he was operating left Belton Loop, hit trees, and overturned on September 19, 2026. Louisiana State Police’s release describes the machine as a utility terrain vehicle, or UTV, and says the rollover ejected the driver. Troop E responded at about 9:11 a.m. The vehicle had…
Tommy Gowan, 74, of Texas, was the driver in the September 21, 2026 single-vehicle crash near Buncombe and Simpson Roads in Caddo Parish. The KTAL/KMSS report carried by AOL identifies him as the driver and says officials were investigating whether his death resulted from crash injuries or a medical emergency. Correction retained from September…