St. Charles Parish President Larry Cochran in ICU after motorcycle crash
Cochran was teaching his daughter, Madison, how to drive a motorcycle near their home in the 100 block of
The
Cochran, 56, has been the parish president in
His hospitalization follows a particularly turbulent period for him.
In February, he began participating in a substance-abuse treatment program in a bid to avoid prosecution on a charge of driving while intoxicated in
Cochran had no detectable alcohol in his system after he was pulled over in early September, but he was charged with DWI because he tested positive for a combination of prescription painkillers.
That diversion program, offered to first-time offenders by the
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