Vehicle ploughs into people in French Quarter, with witnesses saying driver then exchanged fire with police
Ten people have been killed and 30 injured after a vehicle drove into a crowd in New Orleans’ tourist district in the early hours of New Year’s Day, according to officials, with media reporting the driver later fired a gun.
The city’s disaster preparedness agency, Nola Ready, released a statement on a “mass casualty incident involving a vehicle that drove into a large crowd on Canal and Bourbon Street”. The area is part of city’s French Quarter, which is a popular nightlife destination.