Suspected DUI Driver Plows Into Crowd At New Orleans Parade

VICTIMS RUN DOWN AT MARDI GRAS.
AND WHAT WE'RE LEARNING ABOUT
THE
SUSPECT WHO PLOWED THROUGH
CROWDS IN NEW ORLEANS.
GOOD EVENING I'M BRIAN HACKNEY.
I'M JULIETTE GOODRICH.
CELEBRATIONS IN NEW ORLEANS TOOK
A HORRIBLE TURN TONIGHT.
POLICE NOW SAY A DRUNK DRIVER
PLOWED INTO MARDI GRAS PARADE
WATCHERS JUST A FEW HOURS AGO.
28 PEOPLE WERE HURT. WE'VE JUST
LEARNED.. 5 PEOPLE ARE IN
CRITICAL CONDITION.. BUT
THEY ALL ARE EXPECTED TO
SURVIVE.
IT HAPPENED WHILE THE STREETS
WERE PACKED WITH PEOPLE WATCHING
THE COLORFUL FLOATS AND MARCHING
BANDS.
SUDDENLY, ONE WITNESS SAYS A
PICKUP SPED BY -- MISSING HER BY
INCHES.
((GUY)) "...all I saw was that
truck was running like a hundred
people and I kinda just got
scared ..."
((WOMAN)) "...probably going
60...60 miles an hour...you
could tell HE WAS GONNA HURT
PEOPLE...((??))
((CHIEF))"...we suspect that the
suspect was highly
intoxicated...he is in cutsody
right now...
AMONG THE VICTIMS ARE A POLICE
OFFICER AND A TODDLER.
INVESTIGATORS SAY... AT THIS
POINT.. THERE ARE NO SIGNS THAT
TERRORISM PLAYED A ROLE.
THE SUSPECT COULD BE IN COURT AS
EARLY AS MONDAY.
BREAKING NEWS OUT OF ANTIOCH

Suspected DUI Driver Plows Into Crowd At New Orleans Parade

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