NEW ROADS - Six months ago, Pointe Coupee Parish Deputy Robert Williams was seriously injured in the line of duty. Doctors warned it could take a year before he might return to work. Now he’s back, on the job and on his feet.

A lot has changed since WBRZ last saw him in April, when he was still in the hospital; now he’s walking again.

“Since we last talked, we’ve been going to therapy in Baton Rouge, and those therapists have really been a blessing and a help to me in my recovery,” Williams said. “I’m back at work. I’m happy to be back at work.”

Williams was hit by an oncoming vehicle while directing traffic outside a fire scene in Livonia in March. He suffered two broken legs, a shattered shoulder and underwent five surgeries. Back in April, doctors told him it could be a year befo

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