Car Accidents

Keeping yourself and your family safe on the road is about more than just understanding how to drive safely while obeying the law. It is also about being able to identify and avoid hazards, from debris loose on the roadway to animals and even other drivers. That's why...

An accident on the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway sent one vehicle off of the road and into the water below. The incident happened on Aug. 8 at around 8:15 a.m. in the southbound lane near mile marker 11.Law enforcement officers report that the crash happened between two...

Authorities have reported that the motorist who stuck and fatally injured a 32-year-old New Orleans Police Department officer during the early morning hours of June 5 may have been intoxicated. The officer succumbed to her injuries on June 7. A warrant for the arrest...

A study of drunk driving laws around the country and the impact that they are having could raise some interesting questions in Louisiana. The research, which referenced federal accident and law enforcement data and was released by the advocacy group Mothers Against...

Louisiana motorists may be part of the reason why traffic fatalities rose for the first six months of 2015. The National Safety Council says nationwide traffic fatalities were up 14 percent over the same time period in 2014. Traffic fatalities in Louisiana were up,...

Teen drivers in Louisiana and throughout the country are more likely to be involved in motor vehicle accidents than any other age group. Furthermore, most people who are injured or killed in a crash that involves a teen driver are not the motorist. According to the...

Louisiana fans of Scottish disc jockey Calvin Harris or of his girlfriend, singer Taylor Swift, may have heard about the car accident Harris was in May 20. The 32-year-old was hit by a minor who lost control of her Volkswagen Bug on a California road.According to...

Authorities report that around 8 a.m. on May 17, a fatal two-car collision in Metairie took the lives of two adult women. It was unknown if anyone else was injured in the crash. According to the report, a 24-year-old Metairie woman was driving a 2007 light blue Ford...

Louisiana residents may have heard that Ann Day, the younger sister of former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, was killed in a car crash in Arizona on May 7. The accident occurred at approximately 7:40 a.m. A spokesperson for the Pima County Sheriff's...

Many Louisiana residents have likely heard about self-driving cars and are probably intrigued by them. Companies such as Google are touting their autonomous cars with claims that they will lead to zero accident fatalities.Against this backdrop, a question arises...