At least 10 people are dead after a driver plowed a car into a crowd on Bourbon Street in New Orleans and then exited the vehicle and fired a weapon, according to police.
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Atleast10peoplearereporteddeadanddozensinjuredafteradriverplowedacarintoacrowdofNewYear’srevelersonBourbonStreetinNewOrleans,accordingtoauthorities.
Thedriverreportedlyexitedthevehicleandfiredaweaponafterhittingthecrowd.AlargepolicepresenceandEMSwerereportedatthescene.
Theincidenthappenedaround3:15a.m.attheintersectionofBourbonStreetandIberville,localnewsstationWGNOreported.
“TherehasbeenamasscasualtyincidentonCanalandBourbonStreet.Getyourselfawayfromthearea,”NOLAReadyannouncedonsocialmedia.
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“The8thDistrictiscurrentlyworkingamasscasualtyincidentinvolvingavehiclethatdroveintoalargecrowdonCanalandBourbonStreet,”cityofficialssaid.
TheNOLACitywebsitestated30injuredpatientshadbeentransportedbyNOEMSandannouncedtherewereatleast10fatalities.
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