Washington Parish deputy hit head-on by impaired driver while responding to a call

FRANKLINTON - A Washington parish deputy was seriously injured when an impaired driver hit his unit head-on late Thursday night. The parish sheriff's office said Sergeant John O'Hern was responding to a call near Highway 25 when another driver crashed into his unit head-on. O'Hern was seriously injured, suffering a shattered pelvis and a dislocated femur. "When Sergeant O’Hern was sworn in with the WPSO, he made it a top priority to arrest drunk drivers and keep our