SLIDELL, LA : 2 killed, 1 critically injured night in Slidell head-on crash on Friday, 29th December 2023

Two people were killed and a third airlifted with critical injuries after a head-on collision Friday night (Dec. 29) in Slidell, the city’s police department said.

The crash occurred just before 9 p.m. on the US Hwy. 11/Front Street overpass, police said, and claimed the lives of 40-year-old Jennifer Hemphill of Slidell and 39-year-old Joshua Williams of New Orleans.

Crash investigators said Hemphill was the driver and Williams her passenger in a 2021 Volkswagen Passat, which was traveling northbound on the overpass.

For reasons still under investigation, police said Hemphill’s vehicle crossed the center line into the path of a 2013 Honda Accord, which it struck head-on. None of the three occupants were wearing seat belts at the time of the crash, police said.


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