Fatality

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.

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.

The body of Shane Gregory Kile, 45, of Deville was recovered in the Red River on April 20 after a boating accident near Pineville. None of the three boaters wore life jackets.

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

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

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

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.

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.

A man was found dead after a late-night fire at the vacant La Quinta Hotel in Lafayette. Officials are investigating the cause of the blaze.