2-13-24
AN EIGHTEEN-WHEELER CARRYING FIFTY-FIVE GALLON DRUMS AND TOTES OF FLAMMABLE LIQUIDS OVERTURNED IN THE THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED BLOCK OF LANDRY ROAD IN SCOTT. THE DRIVER WAS NOT INJURED AND THE LAFAYETTE FIRE DEPARTMENT’S HAZMAT TEAM DETERMINED THERE WERE NO CHEMICALS LEAKING. EQUIPMENT IS IN ROUTE TO REMOVE THE CONTAINERS SO THAT THE TRUCK CAN BE RIGHT SIZED. THE ROADWAY WILL REMAIN CLOSED UNTIL THAT HAPPENS.
THIS WAS THE SECOND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS ACCIDENT IN SCOTT. EARLIER IN THE DAY, A TRACTOR TRAILER CARRYING FLAMMABLE LIQUID OVERTURNED ON ITS SIDE IN THE SEVEN HUNDRED BLOCK OF HEIDE CIRCLE. THE DRIVER, WHO SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES, WAS TRAPPED AND HAD TO BE EXTRICATED BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. THE ROADWAY WAS SHUT DOWN FOR ABOUT TEN HOURS WHILE THE LIQUID WAS TRANSFERRED TO ANOTHER TRAILER.
OPELOUSAS POLICE CHIEF GRAIG LEBLANC HELD A COMMUNITY CONVERSATION MEETING YESTERDAY TO ALLOW CITIZENS TO ASK QUESTIONS AND EXPRESS THEIR CONCERNS. LEBLANC SAID THE INPUT AT THE MEETING CAN HELP THE DEPARTMENT MOVE FORWARD FOR THE BETTERMENT OF THE COMMUNITY. HE DISCUSSED THE DEPARTMENT’S ANNUAL REPORT AND ALLOWED THOSE IN ATTENDANCE TO EXPRESS THEIR GRIEVANCES. LEBLANC SAYS THIS WAS THE FIRST OF MANY WHERE PEOPLE CAN COME OUT AND CONNECT WITH HIS DEPARTMENT.
JENNINGS POLICE ARE WARNING RESIDENTS AND BUSINESS OWNERS OF A POSSIBLE SCAM REGARDING PAST-DUE WATER BILLS. THE SCAMMER CALLS A PERSON AND CLAIMS THEY FAILED TO PAY THEIR ACCOUNT AND THEY REQUIRE PAYMENT OVER THE PHONE. OFFICIALS SAY THAT IS NOT THE WAY THE CITY OF JENNINGS CONTACTS CUSTOMERS. JENNINGS POLICE URGE RESIDENTS WHO RECEIVE THIS TYPE OF CALL TO REPORT IT AND MAKE SURE TO LOOK UP THE NUMBER ONLINE.
A BIKE AND WALKING PATH ON ERASTE LANDRY ROAD IN LAFAYETTE IS IN THE WORKS. THE PATH WOULD CONNECT THE OAKLAWN SUBDIVISION WITH THE UNIVERSITY BIKE PATH ALONG CAJUNDOME BOULEVARD. THE LAFAYETTE CITY COUNCIL IS EXPECTED TO APPROVE AN ORDINANCE NEXT WEEK TO ACCEPT FOUR HUNDRED EIGHTY THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT. IT ALSO APPROVES THE USE OF THREE HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS IN EXISTING CITY CAPITAL FUNDS.
STATE POLICE INVESTIGATORS HAVE BEEN REQUESTED TO REVIEW A SHOOTING INVOLVING AN AGENT WITH THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES. THE SHOOTING HAPPENED IN THE FIFTY-TWO-HUNDRED BLOCK OF CROOKED CREEK PARKWAY IN VILLE PLATTE. INFORMATION ABOUT THE SHOOTING HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED. TROOPERS SAY THEY ARE PIECING TOGETHER WHAT EXACTLY HAPPENED.
A BICYCLIST WAS INJURED IN A CRASH WITH A VAN SOUTHEAST OF DEQUINCY YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. THE CYCLIST WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WHILE THE VAN DRIVER WAS UNINJURED. A PHOTO BY WARD SIX FIRE PROTECTION SHOWED THAT THE VAN, WHICH HAD A BROKEN BACK WINDSHIELD, ALSO HAD MARKINGS FROM THE U-S POSTAL SERVICE. NO OTHER DETAILS HAVE BEEN RELEASED ABOUT THE CRASH, WHICH HAPPENED IN THE THREE HUNDRED BLOCK OF HOLBROOK PARK ROAD.
EUNICE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A SHOOTING THAT HAPPENED SUNDAY MORNING ON ACADIA STREET. A VEHICLE THAT HAD JUST BACKED OUT OF A DRIVEWAY WAS FIRED ON BY AN UNKNOWN SUSPECT WHO WAS WEARING BLACK CLOTHING. THE DRIVER SUFFERED INJURIES TO THE HEAD AND WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. THE DRIVER’S GIRLFRIEND, WHO WAS IN THE VEHICLE, WAS NOT INJURED.
