On Tuesday, October 11, there were two fatal crashes in Acadiana.

According to state police, the first crash happened on Anse Broussard Highway at Juleau Champagne Road near Breaux Bridge in St. Martin Parish shortly after 9 p.m. when a 2011 Toyota Camry exited the right side of the roadway and flipped several times. Neither the driver nor passenger, 40 year old Christopher Richard of St. Martinsville, was wearing seatbelts and they were both ejected. Richards was pronounced dead at the scene and the unidentified driver was taken to a Lafayette Hospital with moderate injuries. Toxicology is awaited to see if the driver was impaired.

The second crash happened around 11:15 p.m. on US 167 at LA 182 in St. Landry Parish when 34 year old Al Fournier, of Lawtell, was riding a 2009 Suzuki GSX 1300 motorcycle eastbound and hit the back of 2005 Dodge Durango SUV. The Dodge Durango left the roadway and hit a light pole and the driver, who was not wearing a seatbelt, suffered moderate injuries.

Fournier was declared dead at the scene.

This crash is also under investigation.

If you have been injured in an accident, or if you have lost a loved one in a fatal accident, the legal issues you are facing are complex, but you don’t have to face it alone. Please, call the Lafayette accident claims attorneys of Larry Curtis Law at 800-836-2064 today or contact us online right away.

On Friday morning, July 8, there was a two vehicle fatal crash on the eastbound U.S 90 Service Road.

According to Louisiana State Police the crash happened shortly before 10.15 a.m. on the eastbound U.S. 90 Service Road at LA Hwy 675 in Iberia Parish. Rakeem Blakes, aged 24 of Bossier City was driving a 2006 Ford Explorer eastbound on the U.S. 90 Service Road and failed to negotiate a curve in the roadway. He then crossed over into the westbound lane and hit a 1990 Kenworth being driven by 69 year old Billy Romero of New Iberia, LA.

The Ford Explorer then caught fire and Blakes suffered fatal injuries and was declared dead at the scene. It is not know if he was wearing a seat belt at the time of the crash. Romero was wearing a seat belt and was not injured.

Romero submitted to a breath test and was not impaired and toxicology samples were taken from Blakes for the relevant analyses to be carried out. However, during the investigation, it was discovered that Blakes had just been involved in a hit and run on U.S. 90 near the Broussard area.

The investigation is ongoing.

If you have been injured in an accident, or if you have lost a loved one in a fatal accident, the legal issues you are facing are complex, but you don’t have to face it alone. Please, call the Lafayette accident claims attorneys of Larry Curtis Law at 800-836-2064 today or contact us online right away.

On Sunday night, April 10, there was a fatal crash in Lafayatte.

According to police the incident took place at around 9 p.m. on Rayne Lane.

A Ford F150 truck, being driven east by a female on American Legion Drive in Rayne was heading in the same direction as a man riding a lawn mower. However, the lawn mower had another person on the hood and in addition was towing someone in a wheelchair. For reasons as yet unknown, the Ford truck hit the lawn mower.

The truck driver was uninjured but the driver of the lawnmower, 41 year old Wilbert J. Bourque Jr. was killed in the crash. The person on the hood of the lawnmower and the person in the wheelchair were both taken to area hospitals where they are both said to be in a stable condition.

The accident in still under investigation and at this time no charges have been filed.

If you have been injured in an accident, or if you have lost a loved one in a fatal accident, the legal issues you are facing are complex, but you don’t have to face it alone. Please, call the Lafayette accident claims attorneys of Larry Curtis Law at 800-836-2064 today or contact us online right away.

On Tuesday January 19, the trial began of a man who is accused of hitting and killing a cyclist.

The trial took place around 18 months after 43 year old Fitzpatrick Doucette of Kaplan allegedly hit 30 year old cyclist Lon Lomas with his car when Lomas was cycling east on Highway 92 near Milton in July 2014.

Lomas actually drowned as the collision caused him to become unconscious and fall into a ditch filled with water. Although he suffered no external injuries, as he was unable to get out of the ditch he drowned and Doucette did not stop and render aid.

Shortly after the crash Doucette went to the police station in his damaged vehicle and police suspected he might have been involved. He was arrested and charged with negligent homicide, hit and run death, driving under suspension and failure to drive only on the right side of the road. He left jail having posted bond and has pleaded not guilty.

Lomas was a native of Eunice native and living in Youngsville. He was a keen cyclist and athlete who took part in triathlons and duathlons.

If you have been injured in an accident, or if you have lost a loved love in a fatal accident, the legal issues you are facing are complex, but you don’t have to face it alone. Please, call the Lafayette accident claims attorneys of Larry Curtis Law at 800-836-2064 today or contact us online right away.

On Sunday, December 13, a high speed chase in St. Martin and Lafayette parishes ended in a three vehicle wreck in Lafayette.

According to State Police, at around 10 a.m. on Sunday, a trooper tried to pull over Louis Morman on La. 94 near the border of St. Martin and Lafayette. However, Morman did not stop and he sped off toward Lafayette and the troopers pursued him in a high speed chase. Around a mile further on, Morman ran a red light at West Pinhook Road and Carmel Drive. That caused a three vehicle collision involving Morman, the trooper and two other vehicles.

Following the collision, Morman tried to escape the scene but a trooper used a stun gun and arrested him.

Four people were injured in the accident and were taken to area hospitals for treatment of minor to moderate injuries.

Morman was booked on counts of DWI, possession of marijuana, vehicular negligent injuring and two fugitive warrants.

If you have been injured in an accident, or if you have lost a loved love in a fatal accident, the legal issues you are facing are complex, but you don’t have to face it alone. Please, call the Lafayette accident claims attorneys of Larry Curtis Law at 800-836-2064 today or contact us online right away.

Early on Sunday morning, August 16, a single vehicle rollover crash left a Lafayette man dead.

According to Lafayette police, the accident happened around 3 a.m. in the 1200 Block of W. Bayou Parkway near the intersection of Doucet Road. A gray Toyota SUV, being driven by 29 year old Samuel B. Hudspeth was going north on W. Bayou Parkway when for reasons as yet unknown, Hudspeth lost control and the vehicle left the roadway and flipped over.

The passenger in the vehicle was ejected and taken to hospital in a critical condition and Hudspeth, who was also ejected, was taken to hospital where shortly afterwards he was pronounced dead.

The police said that the crash is still under investigation by the Lafayette Police Department Traffic Unit and there is no further information as to the current condition of the passenger, nor has the name been released.

If you have been injured in an auto accident, or if you have lost a loved love in a fatal auto accident, the legal issues you are facing are complex, but you don’t have to face it alone. Please, call the Lafayette accident claims attorneys of Larry Curtis Law at 800-836-2064 today or contact us online right away.

On Saturday, July 25, a young bicyclist was killed on NW Frontage Road, Carenco.

According to police, the accident happened on Saturday night when a 63 year old woman was driving a 2008 Toyota Scion northbound on NW Frontage Road. She approached the intersection of NW Frontage Road and Butcher Switch Road in Carencro and hit 15 year old Juwuan Washingon who was riding his bicycle in the roadway.

Washington was taken to hospital but he later died. He was about to become a sophomore at Carencro high school and was returning from helping a friend to move. He was also a starting quarterback for the freshman football team last school year and was set to become a running back or wide receiver this year.

The crash remains under investigation by police and so far no citations have been issued.

If you have been injured in an auto accident, or if you have lost a loved love in a fatal auto accident, the legal issues you are facing are complex, but you don’t have to face it alone. Please, call the Lafayette accident claims attorneys of Larry Curtis Law at 800-836-2064 today or contact us online right away.

The mother of a Lafayette woman who was killed in an April accident on Johnston Street has filed suit against Honda Motor Company and the maker of the defective air bag.

On April 9, 22 year old Kylan Rae Langlinais died in hospital in Lafayette four days after having driven her 2005 Honda Civic into a utility pole in the 2000 block of Johnston Street. She died due to a severed carotid artery which is consistent with what happened to others when the Takata air bag exploded spraying the driver with flying metal. As a result of the injury, which was the only serious injury she had, she died from loss of blood.

The suit claims that Takata and Honda knew the air bag was defective and a recall notice arrived for Langlinais’ Honda just a few days after her death.

Takata air bags have now been associated with at least 100 injuries and six deaths and led to numerous lawsuits. It appears that the first known problem with the airbag happened in Alabama in 2004 but nothing was done until 2008 with the first small recall of only just over 4,000 vehicles. Now over 14.2 million have been recalled.

If you have been injured in an auto accident, or if you have lost a loved love in a fatal auto accident, the legal issues you are facing are complex, but you don’t have to face it alone. Please, call the Lafayette accident claims attorneys of Larry Curtis Law at 800-836-2064 today or contact us online right away.

Early on Friday morning, May 8, there was a fatal accident on Interstate 81 in Lafayette.

According to the Onondaga County Sheriff’s Department the two car crash happened just after 3 a.m. in the southbound lanes of Interstate 81, about a mile north of the Lafayette exit. It appears that a Ford SUV, being driven by a female in her thirties collided with a Lexus sedan which was being driven by a man in his fifties. As well as the Sheriff’s office, both the Lafayette and Nedrow Fire Departments responded as well.

The man was pronounced dead at the scene and the woman was transported to Upstate Hospital where she was treated for minor injuries.

The south bound lanes of Interstate 81 were closed between the Nedrow and Lafayette exits to clear the scene and for the Onondaga County Sheriff’s Accident Investigation Team to start the investigation. The names of the drivers were withheld until family had been informed.

If you have been injured in an auto accident, or if you have lost a loved love in a fatal auto accident, the legal issues you are facing are complex, but you don’t have to face it alone. Please, call the Lafayette accident claims attorneys of Larry Curtis Law at 800-836-2064 today or contact us online right away.

On Friday April 10 a woman was killed in a single vehicle crash.

According to State Police, the accident happened shortly after 8 a.m. on the Chitimacha Trail near Charenton. A 2011 Nissan Altima driven by Matthew Trosclair of Franklin was heading eastbound on the trail. While going around a curve, Trosclair ran off the road to the right, drove into a ditch and slammed into a culvert. The Nissan overturned several times and one of the passengers, 20 year old Brylan Domingue of New Iberia was ejected. She was not wearing a seat belt and was pronounced dead at the scene by the St. Mary Parish Coroner’s Office.

There were three other people in the vehicle, including the driver and they fled the scene. Police used dogs to track down two of them in a nearby field but the third is still at large.

Trosclair was booked into the St. Mary Parish Jail on two counts of vehicular negligent injuring and one count each of vehicular homicide, hit-and-run, careless operation and failure to report an accident. He is also suspected of being impaired and toxicology results are awaited.

If you have been injured in an auto accident, or if you have lost a loved love in a fatal auto accident, the legal issues you are facing are complex, but you don’t have to face it alone. Please, call the Lafayette accident claims attorneys of Larry Curtis Law at 800-836-2064 today or contact us online right away.