ALERT: New Orleans- Alleged Drunk Driver Plows into Mardi Gras Parade Crowd Injuring at Least 21 (February 26, 2017)

February 26, 2017

New Orleans: Alleged Drunk Driver Plows into Mardi Gras Parade Crowd Injuring at Least 21

Earlier this evening, a pickup truck plowed into a crowd at the Krewe of Endymion Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans near the intersection of Orleans and Carrollton. At least 21 were injured including five seriously, although official say none of the injuries are life-threatening. The suspect was “likely highly intoxicated.”

According to CNN:

One man is in custody after an accident at a Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans injured at least 21 people, five seriously, officials said. Police Chief Michael Harrison said it appeared the suspect, who was driving a pickup truck that hit two cars before running into the crowd, was likely highly intoxicated. None of the injuries was life-threatening, officials said.

The source said, “It appears to be a drunk driver,” and added there were no preliminary indications that it was a terrorism-related incident.

The incident occurred near the intersection of Orleans and Carrollton Avenues where the Krewe of Endymion parade was underway. Video from CNN affiliate WDSU showed a gray pickup truck that had run into a dump truck near the intersection.

Witnesses told the station that the pickup came down one of the streets and struck several cars before hitting people in the crowd watching the parade.

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