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...COLD WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS
MORNING...
...COLD WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 8 AM CST WEDNESDAY...

* WHAT...For the first Cold Weather Advisory, very cold wind chills
as low as 20. For the second Cold Weather Advisory tonight into
Wednesday morning, very cold wind chills as low as 22 expected.

* WHERE...Portions of south central and southwest Louisiana and
southeast Texas.

* WHEN...For the first Cold Weather Advisory, until 9 AM CST this
morning. For the second Cold Weather Advisory, from 2 AM to 8 AM
CST Wednesday.

* IMPACTS...Frostbite and hypothermia will occur if unprotected skin
is exposed to these temperatures.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Use caution while traveling outside. Wear appropriate clothing, a
hat, and gloves.

Make frequent checks on older family, friends, and neighbors. Ensure
portable heaters are used correctly. Do not use generators or grills
inside.

Keep pets indoors as much as possible.

Make sure outdoor animals have a warm, dry shelter, food, and
unfrozen water.

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Weather Alert

...COLD WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS
MORNING...
...COLD WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 8 AM CST WEDNESDAY...

* WHAT...For the first Cold Weather Advisory, very cold wind chills
as low as 20. For the second Cold Weather Advisory tonight into
Wednesday morning, very cold wind chills as low as 22 expected.

* WHERE...Portions of south central and southwest Louisiana and
southeast Texas.

* WHEN...For the first Cold Weather Advisory, until 9 AM CST this
morning. For the second Cold Weather Advisory, from 2 AM to 8 AM
CST Wednesday.

* IMPACTS...Frostbite and hypothermia will occur if unprotected skin
is exposed to these temperatures.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Use caution while traveling outside. Wear appropriate clothing, a
hat, and gloves.

Make frequent checks on older family, friends, and neighbors. Ensure
portable heaters are used correctly. Do not use generators or grills
inside.

Keep pets indoors as much as possible.

Make sure outdoor animals have a warm, dry shelter, food, and
unfrozen water.

&&

Opelousas man arrested after school bus stolen in Lafayette, involved in 4-vehicle crash

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Lafayette police are investigating a bizarre crash involving a stolen school bus. An Opelousas man, who was being taken to a mental health facility, is accused of stealing the school bus, driving recklessly down Pinhook Road, and crashing into four vehicles. But his time on the run didn't en…

LAFAYETTE, La. (NEWS 15) — Lafayette police are investigating a bizarre crash involving a stolen school bus.

An Opelousas man, who was being taken to a mental health facility, is accused of stealing the school bus, driving recklessly down Pinhook Road, and crashing into four vehicles. But his time on the run didn't end there.

Police said a man stole a school bus, caused a crash, and then, stole a Good Samaritan's pickup truck. The suspect is behind bars.

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Opelousas man heading into mental facility accused of stealing school bus, crashing on Pinhook Road in Lafayette

Opelousas man heading into mental facility accused of stealing school bus, crashing on Pinhook Road in Lafayette

LAFAYETTE, La. — Lafayette Police Department officers responded to a serious vehicle crash on the 1900 block of West Pinhook Road on Sunday, December 15, around 6:30 p.m. The incident involved a stolen bus that had been taken earlier by a suspect being transported to a mental health facility. The suspect, later identified as Marion Baker, 26, of Opelousas, elected not to enter the facility and instead stole an unoccupied school bus.

Police explained the Opelousas man stole the school bus while being transferred without handcuffs to a mental health facility in Youngsville. The bus was driven to West Pinhook Road and Kaliste Saloom Road where it was involved in a four-vehicle crash.

"Then, he busted this car up and he got out the bus with just a muscle shirt on," said a witness.

"The transport van got to the facility,” said Cpl. Ashley Wood with the Lafayette Police Department. “They had called the facility ahead of time to let them know he is a flight risk. So, staff members did meet him outside but he got out of the van and got out on foot."

Police accuse Marion Baker, 26, of Opelousas, of stealing a pickup truck from a person who was assisting people at the site of the bus crash. Baker allegedly stopped at a gas station in the Hub City where he stole a few items before driving to Rayne where the Rayne Police Department arrested him.

"So, yeah, they took custody of him. They apprehended him and, at that point, we came over to get him from them, and bring him to UHC,” added Cpl. Wood.

Baker is now being held at the Lafayette Parish Correctional Center without bail on charges of hit and run (2 counts), theft of a motor vehicle (2 counts), theft, reckless operation of a vehicle, failure to obey traffic control signal, improper use of two-way left turn lane, and operating vehicle with suspended/revoked license.

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