Ten people were killed and 30 injured after a person drove a vehicle into a large crowd in the heart of New Orleans, Louisiana’s biggest city, local officials said on Wednesday. The attack early on New Year’s Day was described by local authorities in a statement as a “mass casualty incident” that occurred on Canal and Bourbon Street,

A driver crashed his truck into a crowd at high speed in New Orleans' French Quarter in the wee hours of New Year's Day then opened fire, killing at least 10 people and injuring more than 35, city officials and police said.

Ten people were killed and dozens injured when a man intentionally drove a pickup truck into a crowd on Bourbon Street as revelers were celebrating the new year, officials said.