A speeding car has reportedly ploughed into a crowd on the popular Bourbon Street, New Orleans, causing several casualties and injuries.
According to BBC, a New Orleans Police spokesman confirmed the incident occurred in the early hours of New Year’s Day.
The police spokesperson said, “initial reports showed a car may have ploughed into a group of people”, adding that there were “reported fatalities”.
Similarly, a reporter with the CBS, BBC’s US news partner saw multiple people on the ground with injuries.
Witnesses told the organisation that a vehicle ran into a group of people and then the driver began firing a weapon, prompting police to return fire.
Nola Ready, a New Orleans government agency, said on social media that there had been “a mass casualty incident on Canal and Bourbon Street” and told those nearby to “get yourself away from the area”.
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