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Gerald Paddio, a former NBA player and Acadiana native, died Saturday afternoon in a single-vehicle crash. Paddio, 60, was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident, which Acadia Parish Sheriff's deputies say happened on Ebenezer Road near Addie Dr west of Rayne.

NBA legend and Acadiana’s favorite son Shaquille O’Neal opened up his heart and his wallet Saturday to help pay funeral expenses for Keshon Batiste, an 11-year-old from Breaux Bridge, who was killed in a car crash Friday, April 10. Batiste, and 12-year-old Trayvon Alexander were backseat passengers in a vehicle that crashed into a ditch and struck a tree.
