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• Concerned citizen reportedly aided victim of Wednesday night hit and run Play Video

  December 23, 2021 11:21 AM

  BATON ROUGE - Sources say a man who was trying to cross the street on Airline Highway near Victoria Drive Wednesday night was hit by a vehicle that fled the scene. A concerned citizen reportedly stepped in to help the man who'd been left, wounded, on the side of... more »

• Abandoned trailer park turned into dumping ground Play Video

  May 8, 2018 6:19 PM

  BATON ROUGE - An abandoned trailer park has turned into a dumping ground for household items, car parts, among other things. The property makes up about seven acres of land at the southwest corner of Prescott Road and Victoria Drive near Airline Highway. Google Maps identifies it as Merrydale... more »

• Driver injured after ramming concrete barricade on closed bridge

  November 26, 2017 10:41 AM

  CENTRAL - A driver was taken to the hospital after crashing through a concrete barrier blocking a closed bridge overnight. Firefighters had to use equipment similar to the Jaws of Life to cut the driver from the mangled mess after the vehicle slammed into the barricade. Authorities said the... more »

• Kitchen fire at Victoria Drive residence sends one to hospital

  August 25, 2017 10:24 AM

  BATON ROUGE- An early morning kitchen fire at a residence sent one person to the hospital. The Baton Rouge Fire Department responded to a trailer fire that occurred at 3579 Victoria Drive at 4:56 a.m. Friday morning. The cause of the fire is under investigation. At the scene,... more »

• Fire damages three mobile homes on Victoria Drive

  October 17, 2016 10:05 AM

  BATON ROUGE – The Baton Rouge Fire Department responded to a fire that damaged three mobile homes over the weekend. The fire took place on Saturday, Oct. 15 around 3 a.m. in the Big Oaks Mobile Home Park in the 3700 block of Victoria Drive. Once firefighters arrived on... more »

• Two injured, one severely after early morning shooting at Raceway

  April 12, 2016 5:00 AM

  BATON ROUGE- Authorities are investigating a shooting that injured two people at a gas station in Baton Rouge early Tuesday morning. Officers responded to the Raceway gas station in the 7100 block of Airline Highway north of Greenwell Springs just after 2 a.m. Right now very few details are known,... more »