A workforce bus carrying 21 adult passengers collided head-on with a Hyundai Sonata on LA 27 near Shawnee Lane on August 26, 2026. Two people in the Hyundai died: driver Kylar Scott, 19, of Baton Rouge, and passenger Jordan Smith, 19, of Ferriday. Louisiana State Police said the northbound Hyundai crossed into the southbound…
Rylan Givens, 19, of West Monroe, died in a head-on collision involving a pickup and a loaded chip truck on Louisiana Highway 34 in Ouachita Parish on August 25, 2026. Louisiana State Police said Givens was driving a 2012 Ford F-150 west when the pickup veered left, crossed the centerline, and struck an eastbound…
Tyionne Bause, 31, of Lutcher, died after a head-on collision on Louisiana Highway 444 near Dutch Lane in Livingston Parish on August 24, 2026. Louisiana State Police said Bause was trying to pass another vehicle when her 2016 Nissan Altima entered the westbound lane and collided with a 2014 GMC Sierra. The GMC driver…
Mary Silkowski, 71, of Winnsboro, died after a three-vehicle crash on Louisiana Highway 4 at Ross Road in Franklin Parish on August 21, 2026. A front-seat passenger in her Jeep Compass suffered life-threatening injuries. The Louisiana State Police account describes a sudden chain of events. A tree blocked the westbound lane, a Cadillac stopped,…
Milton Bell III, 41, of Mansura, died after his motorcycle left MP Cutoff Road and struck a culvert near Moreauville shortly after midnight on August 21, 2026. Louisiana State Police reported that Bell was traveling west on a 2015 Suzuki GSX 600 and was wearing a DOT-approved helmet. Bell was taken to a local…
Jeffery Chretien, 33, of Lake Charles, died in a three-vehicle crash involving two dump trucks on Louisiana Highway 397 near Joe Spears Road on August 18, 2026. Louisiana State Police reported that Chretien’s Lincoln entered the southbound lane in a designated no-passing zone while trying to pass a dump truck that was slowing near…
Robert L. Peterkin, 52, of Tickfaw, died after a 2019 Nissan Sentra struck him on U.S. 51 at Old Genessee Road in Tangipahoa Parish late on August 16, 2026. Louisiana State Police reported that Peterkin and his motorized bicycle were lying partly in the northbound lane when the northbound car reached them. The preliminary…
Two people died after a car left Sidney Road and struck a tree in Grosse Tete on February 10, 2026. WBRZ, citing Iberville Parish Sheriff Brett Stassi, reported that a mother was driving with her child around 2:30 p.m. Both were taken to a hospital and died there. WBRZ’s report and Unfiltered with Kiran’s…
Louisiana State Police described two crashes on I-10 west near Grosse Tete on February 10, 2026. A Chevrolet Silverado first crashed and became disabled across both westbound lanes. A box truck struck it a short time later. Nathan Smiling, 60, of Breaux Bridge, died at the scene. The public account does not yet explain…
Evelyn Alexander, 75, died after a Shreveport police vehicle struck her on Greenwood Road on February 3, 2026. Her daughters later filed a federal lawsuit over the collision. KSLA reported the lawsuit on July 17, a development missing from this article’s earlier account. What police initially reported The Shreveport Police Department’s initial release placed…
One person was airlifted with serious injuries and a child was taken to a local hospital after a single-vehicle crash on the Sibley Lake Bridge in Natchitoches on February 5, 2026. The Natchitoches Parish Sheriff’s Office said deputies responded at about 3:48 p.m. to assist the Natchitoches Police Department, which was investigating the crash….
Lake Charles police identified 83-year-old Zenna Fontenot Dewitt as the pedestrian killed outside the Dollar General at Country Club and Weaver roads on February 4, 2026. According to KPLC’s follow-up report, a 2017 Chevrolet Trailblazer left Country Club Road, entered the parking lot, and struck Dewitt while she was walking toward her car. Police…
A four-vehicle crash on Louisiana Highway 14 near Fairview Elementary School killed 34-year-old Kaylee Luce of Lake Charles and injured seven other people on February 3, 2026, according to reporting that attributes the details to the Lake Charles Police Department. Police said a Ford F-150 rear-ended a stopped Kia van carrying seven people at…
A person was killed late February 5, 2026, after a sequence of collisions on Interstate 10 West near the Little Woods exit in New Orleans. The New Orleans Police Department says the person first struck an unknown object while driving west, left the vehicle for an unknown reason, and walked along the interstate. A…
A January 29, 2026 crash at the North Hoover Road and Sisters Road traffic circle killed 30-year-old Maricia Casnave of Lacombe and injured four other passengers, according to the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office. The agency’s current release says the Toyota Camry left the roundabout, entered a business yard, and struck a tree. The same…