At least ten people were killed and 30 injured after a vehicle drove into a crowd on New Orleans’ Canal and Bourbon Street in the city’s famed French Quarter, according to NOLA Ready, the city’s emergency preparedness agency.
“The 8th District is currently working a mass casualty incident involving a vehicle that drove into a large crowd on Canal and Bourbon Street. There are 30 injured patients… and 10 fatalities,” NOLA Ready, New Orleans emergency preparedness program, says in a statement.
NOLA Ready advises people to stay away from the area.
It says the injured had been taken to five local hospitals.
The incident came toward the end of New Year’s celebrations in New Orleans and hours before the kickoff of the AllState Bowl, a college football quarterfinal held in the city’s Caesars Superdome, with thousands expected to be in attendance.
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