Post by Logan on Feb 28, 2017 11:13:54 GMT -6
'Horrific' Endymion crash: 28 hurt; injuries not life-threatening; driver apparently drunk, officials say
NEW ORLEANS -- A driver who appeared to be intoxicated slammed through a massive crowd celebrating the Endymion parade in Mid-City on Saturday night, injuring at least 28 people including five who were taken to a trauma center in guarded condition, officials said.
Stunned bystanders said they watched in horror as a gray truck driven by a young man raced downriver on N. Carrollton Avenue toward its intersection with Orleans Avenue about 6:45 p.m. Saturday before slamming into two vehicles, then veering left into the neutral ground before it came to rest against a large dump truck.
Several people were pinned underneath the dump truck in the aftermath of the crash. Paramedics and civilians raced to help the nearly two dozen injured. None of their injuries appeared to be life-threatening, according to EMS Director Jeffrey Elder.
The driver, who has not been identified, was taken into custody on the scene. Police Superintendent Michael Harrison said that investigators suspect he was intoxicated.
Read more: www.theadvocate.com/new_orleans/news/crime_police/article_64897f1c-fbbf-11e6-80f0-872f5b1912a9.html
NEW ORLEANS -- A driver who appeared to be intoxicated slammed through a massive crowd celebrating the Endymion parade in Mid-City on Saturday night, injuring at least 28 people including five who were taken to a trauma center in guarded condition, officials said.
Stunned bystanders said they watched in horror as a gray truck driven by a young man raced downriver on N. Carrollton Avenue toward its intersection with Orleans Avenue about 6:45 p.m. Saturday before slamming into two vehicles, then veering left into the neutral ground before it came to rest against a large dump truck.
Several people were pinned underneath the dump truck in the aftermath of the crash. Paramedics and civilians raced to help the nearly two dozen injured. None of their injuries appeared to be life-threatening, according to EMS Director Jeffrey Elder.
The driver, who has not been identified, was taken into custody on the scene. Police Superintendent Michael Harrison said that investigators suspect he was intoxicated.
Read more: www.theadvocate.com/new_orleans/news/crime_police/article_64897f1c-fbbf-11e6-80f0-872f5b1912a9.html