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| New Orleans: dozens injured after 'pickup truck' ploughs into parade crowd | |
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| At least 28 people were injured when a vehicle plowed into a crowd watching the Krewe of Endymion parade in the Mid-City section of New Orleans. | |
| The Times-Picayune said the crash was reported at about 6:45pm on Saturday as the city prepared for the Mardi Gras celebrations. | |
| Officials said 28 people, including a police officer, were taken to seven hospitals. The victims range in age from as young as three or four-years-old to adults in their 30s and 40s, city emergency services director, Dr Jeff Selder said.. | |
| Police chief Michael Harrison said one person was in custody. Harrison said police do not suspect terrorism. | |
| “We suspect that that subject was highly intoxicated,” he said. | |
| He said that 21 people were hospitalised after the crash and five were in a critical condition. Seven others declined to be hospitalised. | |
| Images and video from the scene were posted on social media showing the injured being stretchered into waiting ambulances. | |
| At least 4 loaded into ambulances by Endymion parade at Carrollton and Orleans after car hits people. @WWLTV pic.twitter.com/9fhdNH9PT6 | |
| NBCNC: Scene where a vehicle crashed into spectators of the Krewe of Endymion parade in New Orleans. At least 12 critically hurt. @WVTM13 pic.twitter.com/0qZmtQunpE | NBCNC: Scene where a vehicle crashed into spectators of the Krewe of Endymion parade in New Orleans. At least 12 critically hurt. @WVTM13 pic.twitter.com/0qZmtQunpE |
| #MardiGras2017 Orleans & Carrollton - at least a dozen are critical after someone slammed their vehicle into the Endymion crowd. pic.twitter.com/ohlne83zlr | #MardiGras2017 Orleans & Carrollton - at least a dozen are critical after someone slammed their vehicle into the Endymion crowd. pic.twitter.com/ohlne83zlr |
| Witness Greg McNeely told the Times Picayune he was watching the parade when a pick-up truck sped through the intersection and came to rest against a rubbish bin. | Witness Greg McNeely told the Times Picayune he was watching the parade when a pick-up truck sped through the intersection and came to rest against a rubbish bin. |
| Several people, including a police officer, were pinned underneath the truck, he said. | Several people, including a police officer, were pinned underneath the truck, he said. |
| “He took out rows of people,” McNeely said. | “He took out rows of people,” McNeely said. |
| One woman at the scene told The New Orleans Advocate that a silver truck whisked by her just feet away as she was walking through the intersection. | One woman at the scene told The New Orleans Advocate that a silver truck whisked by her just feet away as she was walking through the intersection. |
| Carrie Kinsella said, “I felt a rush it was so fast.” | Carrie Kinsella said, “I felt a rush it was so fast.” |
| Twenty-year-old Kourtney McKinnis told the Advocate that the driver of the truck seemed almost unaware of what he had just done. | Twenty-year-old Kourtney McKinnis told the Advocate that the driver of the truck seemed almost unaware of what he had just done. |
| “He was just kind of out of it,” she said. | “He was just kind of out of it,” she said. |
| Associated Press contributed to this report | Associated Press contributed to this report |
| This is a breaking news story, please check back for updates ... | This is a breaking news story, please check back for updates ... |