La. Deputy Trying to Stop Reckless Drivers Seriously Injured by ATV

A Plaquemines Parish sheriff's deputy was hospitalized after he was struck by an all-terrain vehicle while responding to a report of ATVs being driven recklessly early Tuesday morning, according to authorities.

The driver who hit the deputy is in custody and will be booked with attempted murder of a police officer, according to Lt. Chaun Domingue, a spokesperson for the Plaquemines Parish Sheriff's Office. The deputy was in serious condition, the Sheriff's Office said.

Authorities have not identified the deputy or the driver.

The State Police will handle the investigation into the crash in coordination with the Sheriff's Office Investigations Bureau.

The crash was reported about 2:25 a.m. on the Woodland Highway Bridge.

Sheriff's Office deputies were responding to reports of multiple four-wheeler ATVs that were driving recklessly, Domingue said. Some of the vehicles intentionally veered into lanes of oncoming traffic.

A deputy got ahead of the ATVs and made his way to the Woodland Highway Bridge. But he was hit by one of the ATVs when he got out of his marked patrol unit, Domingue said.

Plaquemines Parish Sheriff Jerry Turlich is expected to release additional information later today.

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