A Mother's Broken Heart

Claire Taylor • ctaylor@theadvertiser.com • August 3, 2009

Sylvia Thur’s heart is torn.

While she feels for the family of 19-year-old Trey Cormier, she’s angry with the young man.

Thur’s 29-year-old son, Louis, died July 20 when Cormier allegedly ran a stop sign at the intersection of Gloria Switch Road and La. 93, and slammed into Thur’s vehicle. Keep Reading

It Might Not Be Motel 6, But They Will Leave the Flashing Lights On For You . . .

BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) - State troopers say a man was arrested Sunday morning after allegedly driving drunk to a state trooper station, mistaking it for a hotel.
Troopers say Mitchell Deslatte, 25, knocked on the front door of Troop A.
After troopers buzzed him in, Deslatte asked the trooper working at the desk if he was in a hotel. Keep Reading

Accident Involving Two Drunk Drivers

03:37 PM CDT on Sunday, August 2, 2009

WWLTV.com

METAIRIE, La. – Three people are in the hospital after an accident involving intoxicated drivers, according to Troop B spokesman Joseph Piglia.

The accident happened early Saturday around 5:15 a.m. on Airline Highway.

Santos Garcia, 28, was stopped at a red light at the corner of Airline and Manson Avenue when Craig Codina, 25, rammed into the back of Garcia’s car with his pick-up truck while “traveling at a high rate of speed,” Piglia said.

Both Garcia and a passenger in the car, Sandra Stevens, suffered severe injuries and are in critical condition in University Hospital. Codina was also injured in the accident and was transported to University Hospital, where he is in serious condition.

Piglia said an investigation revealed both drivers were impaired at the time of the accident, with both getting DWIs. Codina was also charged with two counts of vehicular negligent injuring and reckless operation of a motor vehicle, Piglia said.