Detria A. Braxton died after a southbound car struck her on Evergreen Road in Westlake shortly after midnight on September 3, 2026. The 43-year-old Westlake resident was taken to a hospital, where she was pronounced dead. The Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office account includes an important qualification: deputies said scene evidence supported the driver’s statement…
A September 2026 traffic stop brought a New Orleans hit-and-run investigation back into public view more than four years after the crash. NOPD reported that officers arrested Destiny Goodman in connection with the April 17, 2022 collision at North Miro and Pauger streets that killed Joseph Clark, 58, and Senetta Hodges, 62, and injured…
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…
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 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…
Two children standing off Talbot Avenue after leaving a school bus were seriously injured when a car left the road and struck them on January 29, 2026, according to Louisiana State Police. The crash occurred near Meadows Circle in Lafourche Parish, in the Thibodaux area, shortly before 4 p.m. A local television report said…