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Randall P. Belaire, 26, of St. Martinville died in a crash on I-55 in Tangipahoa Parish July 17. He was unrestrained. Driver Brianna Hutson faces vehicular homicide charges.

Two Breaux Bridge men, Kiemonte Pigott, 32, and Darius Haywood, 30, were killed in a crash on Louisiana Highway 686 in St. Landry Parish early July 1, 2026.

A 15-year-old Ville Platte High School student was killed Monday in a shooting on Dr. Martin Luther King Drive. A 17-year-old suspect has been arrested.

Crossing guard Katy Wells was killed Thursday in Denham Springs while directing traffic at an elementary school. Darren Goudeau, 64, was arrested on vehicular homicide charges.

One person is dead after a house fire on Canal Street in Lafayette Sunday night. The home was fully engulfed when firefighters arrived around 10:42 p.m. on April 26.

A pedestrian was struck and killed on I-49 in Carencro around 3 a.m. Sunday, April 19. Carencro Police Chief David Anderson is calling for DOTD lighting improvements.

A 26-year-old man was killed crossing I-55 after a crash.

One person is dead after an Amtrak train collided with a pickup truck near Amite.

Police have identified a 16-year-old killed in a Lafayette shooting on East Cedar Street. The investigation remains ongoing.

Two Louisiana house fires hours apart left two men dead, prompting officials to stress the importance of working smoke alarms in every home.

Officials have identified a Church Point employee found dead at the town’s water plant. No foul play is suspected as the investigation continues.

A 10-year-old girl died Tuesday after an accidental shooting near a Sonic in Baton Rouge.

Two people were found dead after a house fire in Mamou.

Levi Sahn, 28, has been identified as the victim in a deadly Lafayette hotel fire at a vacant La Quinta. The blaze remains under investigation.

One contractor was killed and two others injured in an industrial accident at a Belle Rose plant Sunday afternoon.

A Bossier Parish Sheriff’s deputy was killed after his patrol vehicle was struck by a train while working traffic in Bossier City Wednesday morning.

Troopers are searching for a vehicle involved in a deadly hit-and-run in Iberia Parish.

One person died after a small plane crashed near Sabine Pass in Southeast Texas Thursday afternoon.

A deadly house fire in Oberlin claimed a man’s life as investigators say the home had no working smoke alarm.

An 18-year-old man died after a dirt bike crash on Highway 308 in Assumption Parish on New Year’s Eve, according to State Police.