During New Year's Eve party
Car drove into crowd: Ten dead in New Orleans
At least ten people were killed and 30 injured when a vehicle drove into a crowd of people during New Year's Eve celebrations in New Orleans.
The incident is said to have occurred in the popular French Quarter. "I just saw a truck on the left side of the Bourbon sidewalk crash into everybody," 22-year-old Kevin Garcia told CNN. "A body came flying at me," said the eyewitness, who also claims to have heard gunshots.
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As a reporter from the CBS network reported, the driver got out of the car after the deadly drive and started shooting around. The police then returned fire.
According to the city's official disaster management agency, NOLA Ready, ten people were killed and 30 injured in New Orleans. The governor of Louisiana, Jeff Landray, spoke on X of a "terrible act of violence". He called on the population to avoid the affected area.
Police presence was increased
The police had stepped up security measures in New Orleans before New Year's Eve and on the occasion of the Sugar Bowl, a college football game. It was announced in advance that there would be "a heavy presence of marked and unmarked police vehicles as well as police officers on foot, on bicycles and on horseback". An open-air concert and a New Year's Eve countdown were offered in the city at the turn of the year.
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