On Aug. 25, the driver of a passenger vehicle reportedly collided with a tractor-trailer on Interstate 10 in Louisiana. According to the Louisiana State Police, the crash took place at milepost 131 at the Atchafalaya Basin Bridge and LA 3177 intersection in Butte...
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Wrong-way driving and accidents in Louisiana
On Behalf of The Law Offices of Tim L. Fields, LLC | Aug 27, 2015 | Car Accidents
Every year in Louisiana and across the country, accidents in which drivers are driving the wrong way on divided highways happen. Many of these types of accidents are head-on collisions at high rates of speed, and they are thus much more likely to be fatal than are any...
Falling asleep when driving causes accident fatalities
On Behalf of The Law Offices of Tim L. Fields, LLC | Aug 25, 2015 | Car Accidents
As many Louisiana residents already know, driver fatigue is linked to fatal accidents. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that fatigued drivers cause one quarter of fatal accidents in the United States each year. Without totally effective ways to...
Louisiana crash kills 2, injures 1
On Behalf of The Law Offices of Tim L. Fields, LLC | Aug 20, 2015 | Car Accidents
A car accident that occurred in Louisiana on Aug. 8 left two dead and one person with injuries. Authorities stated that the accident happened on LA 19 north of LA 956 in East Feliciana Parish.State troopers who were involved in the investigation stated that a...
Driver fatigue ruled as cause of accident
On Behalf of The Law Offices of Tim L. Fields, LLC | Aug 18, 2015 | Truck Accidents
Louisiana residents may recall the accident that occurred June 7, 2014, involving comedian Tracey Morgan around 1 a.m. in New Jersey as Morgan was riding in a limousine van with friends when the vehicle was struck by a Walmart truck. An investigation by the National...
Appeals court drops charges in fatal car accident
On Behalf of The Law Offices of Tim L. Fields, LLC | Aug 14, 2015 | Car Accidents
On Aug. 4, it was reported that a Louisiana woman was found not responsible for a car accident that was caused by her husband. According to the report, a state appeals court upheld a ruling that dismissed civil charges associated with the death of a veterinarian in...
Louisiana appeals court disappoints parents of car crash victim
On Behalf of The Law Offices of Tim L. Fields, LLC | Aug 11, 2015 | Car Accidents
The lawyer for the parents who lost their son in a car accident said that they are considering appealing their case to the Louisiana Supreme Court after a disappointing appeals court decision. A majority of the 1st Circuit Court of Appeal declared that the woman who...
Louisiana highway closed for over 8 hours after truck accident
On Behalf of The Law Offices of Tim L. Fields, LLC | Aug 8, 2015 | Truck Accidents
The northbound lanes of Interstate 55 were closed to traffic for over eight hours on July 30 after two tractor-trailers collided in St. John Parish. The truck accident took place near milepost 13.6 in the vicinity of Ruddock at approximately 1 a.m. The highway was...
Dump truck accident causes hours-long traffic back-up
On Behalf of The Law Offices of Tim L. Fields, LLC | Aug 6, 2015 | Truck Accidents
People in Louisiana may be interested to learn about a recent deadly dump truck accident that resulted in an hours-long traffic back-up on the New Jersey Turnpike. The accident, reported on national wire services, happened on Aug. 4 around 10:30 a.m. Authorities...
The impact of school bus crashes in Louisiana
On Behalf of The Law Offices of Tim L. Fields, LLC | Aug 1, 2015 | Commercial Vehicle Accidents
According to the NHTSA, a school transportation-related crash is one that involves any vehicle that is being used as a school bus transporting children under 18 to a school or school-related activity. Between 2004 and 2013, there were 1,214 fatal accidents involving...
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