Plaquemines Parish deputy struck by ATV, hospitalized
May 31, 2022
BELLE CHASSE, LA – A deputy for the Plaquemines Parish Sheriff’s Office was seriously injured when an ATV struck him in Belle Chasse on Tuesday, WDSU 6 reports. The Sheriff’s Office said that multiple deputies were sent to handle reports of several four-wheeler vehicles driving recklessly on the Woodland Highway near the Woodland Bridge. One of the deputies was struck by an ATV around 2:25 a.m. when he exited his vehicle in an attempt to intervene among the ATVs. The deputy is currently in critical condition at a local hospital. Police arrested the driver of the ATV and say he