At least one person is reported dead and multiple others injured after a truck drove into crowds of New Year’s revelers in New Orleans on Wednesday, Jan. 1.
CBS News cited a New Orleans Police Department spokesperson as stating “Initial reports show a car may have plowed into a group of people. Injuries are unknown but there are reported fatalities.”
The outlet added that the incident happened as people were heading home from Bourbon Street, in the lively French Quarter of the city.
CBS News reporter Kati Weis added that a truck deliberately drove into the crowd. The driver then got out of the truck and exchanged gunshots with the police.
The incident appeared to be intentional, police said per ABC News, which added that the driver of the truck had not been apprehended.
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