re: What are some other very memorable vehicle accidents

I was working at a plant off HWY 30 6-7 years back and there was a head on accident between a PT Cruiser and a truck 50 feet from me when I was at the front gate. The PT Cruisers engine continued down the highway like 200 feet the impact was so bad. Turns out the 2 people in the PT Cruiser (both died immediately) were fleeing the outlet mall down the road and went into oncoming lane to pass a car. Driver of the truck they hit only had minor injuries thank the lord.

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I'll never forget running over the accident.

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I pass the scene of that accident every time I drive to work. It’s at the big power line on Plank Rd just north of 412.

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thing that sticks out to me is it happened on a weeknight and the driver was a repeat offender. Dude should never see the light of day again.

I think he got 70 years originally but it might have been reduced.

ETA - yep, reduced to 35 yrs

an acquaintance of mine, more like a friend of a friend i guess, died over thanksgiving in 2013. got hit by an 18 wheeler coming back to school from the holiday. he was a good guy

Anyone remember the Corvette wreck on coursey? Tackett I think was kids name.

I also remember a wreck in early 00's on tiger bend that killed a CHS student I think.

Not BR related but in Clean's part of Louisiana. I was traveling down Hwy 90 one foggy morning near New Iberia and came upon an accident.

A semi truck loaded with drill pipe had run into the rear of a tractor hauling sugar cane early in the morning. The drill pipe became unsecured and a big portion went through the cab of the semi truck. It was one of those semi trucks with the little window at the bottom of the doors. When I drove past you could see part of the driver in that little window and about half the load of drill pipe sticking out the windshield of the cab.

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Yup. We only graduated with 88. Our whole grade took it pretty rough.

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I was class of 87. I was at LSU at that time but don't remember this one. Knew most in the 88 class pretty well. What was the girls name?

ah OK - sorry.

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Also remember 4 VCHS kids all dying when the car they were in ran off US90 outside of Houma. They were all coming home from an LSU game. Driver fell asleep and the car ran off the road, flipped and they all supposedly drowned right across from the old Hebert's Junk Yard.

they found the car late Sunday afternoon after searching for the kids all day.
fricking awful.

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These were my friends and classmates. They were younger than me as I graduated the year before and was attending LSU. It was the starting QB, DB, and 2 beautiful bright cheerleaders at VCHS. There were not even drinking. My man just fell asleep at the wheel coming back from the game. Attending four funerals in one week really snapped me into the realization that our life is so precious. Check out this post I made in a thread back in 2011 that was talking about Jordan Jefferson's touchdown run during the opening play of Tenn vs LSU one week after the accident:

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The crazy thing about this run was that a week before, my friend from high school died in a tragic car crash with three others going back to houma from the lsu game at night. My friend was the starting QB of Vandebilt High and one of the other guys with him was the starting safety. These kids were great. If you remember before the game they had a moment of silence for the four. Then it just so happens that the first play of the game, the QB number 9,(which my friend TJ was the QB and number 9 of Vandy) breaks free for an 80 yard touchdown. It was pretty emotional.

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It still gives me chills. My other friend took over the starting QB role for Vandy and I couldn't imagine how dificult that was.