40 killed and injured in a hit-and-run accident in New Orleans, USA

New Orleans authorities announced 10 dead and 30 injured after a vehicle hit a crowd of people in conjunction with New Year’s celebrations.

American media reported that several people were killed after a vehicle hit a crowd of people on Bourbon Street in the French Quarter in New Orleans, United States, on Wednesday.

She added, quoting witnesses, that a truck rammed into the crowd at high speed, then the driver got out and started shooting, and the police responded by shooting.

For its part, ABC quoted New Orleans police as saying that the hit-and-run accident was intentional.