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Person injured after being run over by heavy equipment along Broussard Street

Person injured after being run over by heavy equipment along Broussard Street

Posted 9:10 AM 11/12/2026 by WBRZ Staff

BATON ROUGE - A person was run over by heavy equipment in the Garden District of Baton Rouge on Thursday morning.

Officials told WBRZ that, around 9 a.m., first responders were called to the scene near the intersection of Broussard and Dreher Avenue, where an excavator was involved. One person was bleeding when ambulances arrived.

First responders tell us the injured person was transported to the hospital in stable condition.

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