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A Louisiana state trooper sustained minor injuries Saturday (Jan. 21) when a man driving erratically along Interstate 12 near Hammond slammed into the back of his police SUV. The driver, Bradley Burch of Florida, was suspected to be high on heroin at the time of the crash, police said. Burch, who also suffered minor injuries in the crash, was booked into the Tangipahoa Parish Jail with DWI, reckless operation and driving with a suspended license, state police reported. Florida resident Kyle Nadler was traveling westbound on I-12 shortly after noon on Saturday when he witnessed a Dodge truck being driven...

HUNTSVILLE, AL (WAFF) - A college student from Texas believes he is lucky to be alive after a terrible crash. He was texting and driving when his truck flew off of a cliff. Chance Bothe's truck plunged off of a bridge and into a ravine. One of the last things he typed indicated what almost happened to him. He wrote, "I need to quit texting, because I could die in a car accident." After the crash, Chance had a broken neck, a crushed face, a fractured skull, and traumatic brain injuries. Doctors had to bring him back to life three...