A vehicle drove into a crowd around 3:15 a.m. in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana in the United States. According to the authorities, at least 10 dead and 30 injured have been reported.
A man driving a pickup truck that drove into a crowd of people celebrating New Year's Eve in New Orleans on Wednesday tried to “run over as many people as he could,” New Orleans police said. the American city.
The driver “was fiercely determined to cause carnage,” police official Anne Kirkpatrick told the press.
“Police are currently working on an incident involving a vehicle that drove into a large crowd at the corner of Canal and Bourbon Street. There are 30 injured who were transported by emergency services and 10 dead,” the city’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness wrote in a statement.
The area was expected to be crowded with people celebrating the New Year in the historic and festive neighborhood known as the French Quarter.
CBS News cites witnesses who say a truck drove into the crowd at “high speed” before its driver jumped out and began firing a gun, prompting a police response.
