At least 10 dead in US as vehicle crashes into crowd in New Orleans
- At least 10 people have been killed and 30 injured when a vehicle ploughed into a crowd in a popular tourist district in the US city of New Orleans in Louisiana, city authorities said.
- NOLA Ready, the New Orleans emergency preparedness programme, said in a statement that the vehicle drove into the crowd on Canal and Bourbon Street.
New Orleans history with shootings, crashes on parade routes
The city of New Orleans has previously experienced shootings and cars colliding with crowds during parade routes.
In November, local media reported that at least two people were killed and 10 others wounded in two separate shootings along a parade route that was attended by thousands.
In February 2017, a pickup truck driven by a man who the police said appeared to be highly intoxicated drove into a crowd of people watching the Mardi Gras parade, injuring more than 20 people.
