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10 dead in New Orleans after vehicle hit crowd celebrating the new year
New Orleans reported a mass casualty event on Bourbon Street.Police said a vehicle may have plowed into a group of people and there are reported deaths.The city's public safety body said 10 people were killed and 30 injured.New Orleans' public safety body on Wednesday said that 10 people were killed and 30 more injured after a vehicle drove into a crowd in the heart of the city's party district.NOLA Ready, the city's emergency preparedness campaign, said there was "a mass casualty incident involving a vehicle that drove into a large crowd on Canal and Bourbon Street."It said that "there are 30 injured patients that have been transported by NOEMS and 10 fatalities," and that its public safety partners were responding on scene.The incident took place around 3 a.m. local time.NOLA Ready had written earlier on X that "there has been a mass casualty incident on Canal and Bourbon Street. Get yourself away from the area."A New Orleans Police spokesperson told CBS News that "initial reports show a car may have plowed into a group of people. Injuries are unknown but there are reported fatalities."Kevin Garcia, a 22-year-old who was present at the time, told CNN "All I seen was a truck slamming into everyone on the left side of Bourbon sidewalk."He said that "a body came flying at me," and that he heard gunshots.One eyewitness told CBS that a truck drove into the crowd at Bourbon Street at high speed and that the driver got out and started firing a weapon, with the police firing back.Bourbon Street, in the city's French Quarter, is a famous party destination known for drinking and revelry.
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