August 5, 2013 Fatal Crash on I-10 West near Henderson, Louisiana HENDERSON — Two people were killed Tuesday morning on Interstate 10 in Henderson when an eastbound car crossed the median into the westbound lanes and struck a motorcycle, a police official said. Henderson Police Chief Leroy Guidry said the driver of Read Full Story
July 30, 2013 One Killed In Ascension Parish Accident A car and a dump truck collided near the intersection of La. 75 and Ashland Road at 3:30 p.m. Thursday in Ascension Parish’s industrial corridor along the Mississippi River, killing one person, parish sheriff’s deputies said. State Police identified the victim Read Full Story
July 29, 2013 At Least 5 Killed In Burbank California Accident At least five people were killed after a car crashed into a pillar and burst into flames in the early hours of Saturday morning in Burbank, Calif., police said. Burbank County Police and Fire Department responded to a call of a Read Full Story
July 8, 2013 Two Men Die in Fall From Cell Tower Due to Catastrophic Equipment Failure 2 men die in fall from Miss. cell tower Two men working for a Baton Rouge cellphone company died Tuesday after falling from a cell tower in Copiah County in Mississippi, the county’s sheriff said. Sheriff Harold Jones said the tower sits Read Full Story
May 15, 2013 Three Off Duty New Orleans First Responders Killed in Two Accidents Three off-duty New Orleans first responders died Sunday, including two firefighters killed in a car crash in Mississippi and an off-duty police officer who was killed in a hit and run after he stepped out of his vehicle following a Read Full Story
May 2, 2013 Philadelphia building collapse: 14 pulled from rubble A building collapsed in downtown Philadelphia on Wednesday and rescue workers pulled 14 people from mountains of crushed concrete and splintered wood, using search dogs to scour the rubble for others, fire officials said. Thirteen victims were rushed to area hospitals, Read Full Story
April 2, 2013 One Dead, At Least Seventy Three Injured in Louisiana Plant Explosion An explosion and fire at a Louisiana chemical plant Thursday morning killed one person and injured 73 more, Gov. Bobby Jindal said. The explosion took place at Williams Olefins chemical plant in Ascension Parish, between Baton Rouge and New Orleans, state Read Full Story
January 29, 2013 UPDATE-Two Remain Hospitalized After Pair of Industrial Explosions in Ascension Parish Louisiana Three people remain hospitalized in Baton Rouge from two industrial accidents in Ascension Parish last week that killed three and injured 108, hospital officials confirmed Monday. Two men remained Monday in hospitals after the Williams Olefins explosion 8:37 a.m. Thursday near Read Full Story