Juries may soon get to know if someone injured in a car crash was wearing a seatbelt, something not allowed under current law. Slidell Senator Sharon Hewitt has pre-filed a bill for the change and says the juries should be aware if someone is negligent in mitigating damages from not being properly restrained.
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Hewitt says there is hope this bill could result in lower claims and lower settlements with insurance companies, with that savings being passed along to consumers.
Two people from Kaplan, 29-year-old Kiristan Mitchell and 18-year-old Kalix Broussard, died this morning in a head-on crash on Highway 14 in Vermilion Parish. State Police Trooper Thomas Gossen says Mitchell crossed the center lines while trying to negotiate a curve
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Broussard, who graduated last year, was a star running back at Vermilion Catholic High School.
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