Being on foot does not necessarily put a Louisiana hit-and-run victim outside an auto policy’s uninsured motorist coverage. A named insured or qualifying resident family member may have UM protection while walking, even when the insured car is parked at home. Sharing a household, however, is not enough by itself. The coverage question starts…
Louisiana State Police arrested James Middleton IV, 36, after a September 14, 2026 crash on U.S. 190 between Albany and Holden that injured Cynthia Macias. WBRZ’s initial report, citing State Police, said the driver involved in the collision left on foot and was arrested later that afternoon. The available reports describe an arrest and…
Robin Taylor, 48, was arrested on September 23, 2026, on allegations of hit-and-run driving and obstruction of justice in connection with the July 11 death of Travis Barconey on Scenic Highway in Baton Rouge. WBRZ reported the arrest after previously publishing details from the Baton Rouge Police Department investigation and warrant. The charges are…
Ascension Parish deputies identified 20-year-old Kelvin Roel Gutierrez-Lara as the alleged driver in the August 15, 2026 hit-and-run that seriously injured a 22-year-old pedestrian on Dutchtown Lane near Louisiana Highway 74 in Geismar. WAFB and WBRZ reported on September 15 that deputies were seeking Gutierrez-Lara and had recovered the suspected vehicle. WAFB described it…
The $1 million bond reported in the Collin Lacaze case concerns pretrial release. For the two families affected by the crash, the more useful questions are what the hearing revealed about the collision and what evidence still needs to be obtained. Collin, 16, died after a southbound vehicle struck him and another 16-year-old on…
Kerry L. Johnson, 59, of Bastrop, was killed in a hit-and-run on Henry Avenue. KNOE reported on September 14, 2026 that Bastrop police believed the collision occurred sometime Friday night or Saturday morning. What the September 2026 Report Established The report does not give an exact crash time, describe the vehicle or identify a…
Estelle Ford, 70, died after a hit-and-run on Gideon Street in Shreveport on September 7, 2026. The initial public appeal focused on cameras near the scene, including recordings that might show a vehicle passing through the neighborhood without capturing the collision itself. The September 2026 Account KSLA reported that Shreveport police responded around 4:10…
A September 2026 traffic stop brought a New Orleans fatal hit-and-run investigation back into public view more than four years after the April 17, 2022 crash at North Miro and Pauger streets. NOPD reported that officers arrested Destiny Goodman after a September 1, 2026 traffic stop and linked her to the 2022 collision that…
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 community traffic page reported a hit-and-run crash involving injuries on I-10 eastbound near mile marker 171, described as just before the Prairieville exit. The original post displays January 28, but that does not independently establish the crash date. It does not identify the vehicles, people involved, investigating agency, or nature of the injuries….
Last reviewed: September 26, 2026 Sources checked: September 28, 2026 Pedestrian coverage section added: October 18, 2026. Read the pedestrian policy worksheet and evidence comparison. A driver disappears after a Baton Rouge collision. The police may eventually identify the vehicle, but the injured person cannot wait for that investigation to save nearby video, document…