LRN Newscast 14:30 08-11-15

According to Slidell Police, it is a miracle that a 50 year-old motorcyclist survived a horrific crash with an 18 year-wheeler. Public Information Officer Daniel Seuzeneau says 56-year-old Timothy Duimstra of Michigan, apparently passed out at the wheel when he made a hard right hitting the motorcycle waiting to turn onto the main road…
CUT 13 (07) Q: “motor vehicle”
The victim – who was run over by the truck – is in serious condition, but is expected to survive.

The crime is called cat slicing, and it is becoming an epidemic around the country. The latest in Louisiana is a mutilation of a family pet that was discovered on a Covington golf course. Very troubling, according to Louisiana Humane Society Executive Director Jeff Dorson…
CUT 5 (06) Q: ‘other violence’
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A lap-riding baby is dead after a single vehicle crash in Morehouse Parish, where the driver lost control of her vehicle, and struck a tree. Sate Trooper Michael Reichardt says 1 year-old Aniyia Worsham was the only person unrestrained in this crash of an over-crowded vehicle…
CUT 8 (06) Q: ‘child restraint’
Twenty-three year old Shatora Hall was charged with reckless operation and no child restraint.

Over 800 citations have been issued to Louisiana establishments for selling alcohol and tobacco to minors as a result of their 2015 Summer Crackdown operation. The Office of Alcohol and Tobacco Control Commissioner Troy Hebert says violators face fines up to $5,000…
CUT 10 (09) Q: ‘doing so responsively”