At least 10 people have been killed after a vehicle struck a crowd celebrating the New Year in New Orleans, emergency officials have said.
Another 30 people have been injured in the incident, which took place on the corner of the popular Bourbon Street, in the French Quarter of the city.
It happened at around 3am local time.
The city’s emergency preparedness campaign, NOLA, managed by New Orleans Homeland Security & Emergency Preparedness, has said there has been “mass casualty incident”.
The scene in New Orleans. Pic EarthCam/AP
“The 8th District is currently working a mass casualty incident involving a vehicle that drove into a large crowd on Canal and Bourbon Street,” NOLA said.
“Public safety partners are responding on scene.”
Earlier they warned people to “get yourself away from the area”.
The NOLA website warning of a ‘mass casualty event’. Pic: NOLA, city of New Orleans
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