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The young boy's horse suffered a major medical event and fell on top of him.

Deputies with the Ascension Parish Sheriff's Office responded to a home off of Highway 621 in Prairieville last night around 8:30 pm.

The shooting happened on Thursday and the victim died on Saturday.

35-year-old Brenton Keith Bobb of New Iberia lost his life overnight after he lost control of his car and flipped it into a field.

Agents with the State Wildlife and Fisheries have identified the man who died this past Sunday in a boating accident in Vermilion Parish.

KATC is reporting that one person is dead after an overnight house fire in the 200 block of Roger Road in Scott.

According to Lafayette Fire Department spokesperson Alton Trahan, they responded to a reported house fire last night at 227 Benjamin Street shortly before 8:40 pm. When firefighters arrived on the scene, the house was fully engulfed.

Officials with the State Fire Marshal's Office are continuing their investigation of a fatal house fire in Abbeville that happened in the early hours of Wednesday, December 2.

33-year-old Kevin Arvie of Ville Platte is dead following a high speed chase early Saturday morning, around 1:30 a.m.

A man died on Saturday night in Opelousas after he crashed his car into the front of a building on Landry Street near Railroad Avenue.

For the second consecutive day, a pedestrian was struck and killed by a vehicle while walking alongside a road in St. Martin Parish.

A Church Point man was killed after being struck by a pickup truck being driven by a drunk driver...

An arrest warrant has been issued for 54 year old Jessie Guillory, of Lake Charles. He's accused of attacking a nurse who died several days later...

There have been 24 deaths due to fatal crashes this year in the Troop D area.

The man died shortly after arriving at a local hospital.

There were three fatalities in an 18 hour period.

Louisiana State Troopers wish to remind motorists that whether impaired by alcohol, drugs, or a combination of the two, the consequences of driving while impaired can be deadly.

Trooper Brooks David reminds pedestrians that when you are walking in a roadway, you should also walk against the traffic.

Joseph Richie, of Scott, has been charged with multiple traffic and narcotics violations.

One person is dead after a crash on I-10 eastbound on the Atchafalaya Basin Bridge earlier on Sunday.