Baton Rouge, LA News Reports and Accidents

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Louisiana State Police are responding after one person was killed in a crash on the Huey P. Long bridge. All eastbound lanes are closed at the moment. Motorist are advised to ... Read More

According to statements given to the East Baton Rouge Sherriff's office, a vehicle was turning left onto Woodwick Ave when a second vehicle approached from behind and struck its rear passenger side, ... Read More

BATON ROUGE, La. ( Louisiana First) - One person was killed in an early Thursday morning crash in Baton Rouge on O'Neal Lane. The East Baton Rouge Parish Coroner's Office identified the person who was ... Read More

Much of southeast Louisiana and southern Mississippi remain under a tornado watch until 8 p.m. with severe weather in the forecast Wednesday. Read More

An East Baton Rogue Parish sheriff's deputy was helping with traffic control at an intersection several blocks from the Superdome, and a suspect was arrested in the incident. Read More

A federal judge recently blasted the Baton Rouge Police Department for a pattern of recklessness in high-speed chases, but stopped short of holding BRPD liable for the Dec. 31, 2022, crash that killed ... Read More

ACADIA PARISH, La. (WAFB) - A two-vehicle crash claimed the life of a Baton Rouge driver early Sunday morning, February 9, troopers said. According to Louisiana State Police, the crash happened just ... Read More

Troopers began investigating the fatal crash shortly after midnight, which claimed the life of 58-year-old Luvenson Sowell. Read More

Louisiana State Police Troop I began investigating a two-vehicle deadly crash on I-10 West near Trumps Road on Sunday, February 9, shortly after midnight. The crash claimed ... Read More

Matthew Chialastri, who was raised an Eagles fan by his father, Phillip, was killed in a naval aircraft crash just months before the Birds won the Super Bowl in 2018. Read More

Louisiana State Police are investigating a crash that occurred just after midnight Sunday on Interstate 10 near Trumps Road in Acadia Parish. The two-vehicle crash claimed the life of 58-year-old ... Read More

The East Baton Rouge Parish Coroner's Office identified the woman who was killed in a single-vehicle crash on Jan. 19. Read More

According to the Baton Rouge Fire Department, a truck lost part of its load, a light pole generator, causing a 30-gallon diesel spill that stretches 150 yards from the St. Louis entrance ramp to I-10 ... Read More

A New Iberia man is facing multiple charges, including hit-and-run, after a wrong-way crash. It comes just weeks after another Baton Rouge driver was charged in a deadly DWI crash. Read More

That man, 26-year-old Jarvis Grayson, was arrested after he not only drove westbound in the eastbound I-10 lane, he crashed into a Subaru SUV head-on. And yes, you guessed it, he was driving ... Read More

WEST BATON ROUGE PARISH, La. (WAFB ... and later pulling into the parking lot of a truck stop and casino on Highway 190, authorities said. They added that a deputy proceeded to the truck ... Read More

There are four early voting locations in East Baton Rouge Parish: City Hall, the Coursey Boulevard fire station, the Louisiana State Archives Buildings on Essen Lane and the Motor Vehicle Building in ... Read More

Louisiana state and local officials hope to open to the rest of Interstate 10 Friday evening, days after it was shut down due to accumulating ice following a rare snow storm, the New Orleans ... Read More

The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development says Interstate 10 has reopened from the Texas / Louisiana line to U.S. 165 near Iowa, Louisiana, east ... Read More