Casualties feared after car hits crowd in New Orleans

Dozens of people have been injured in New Orleans after a car plowed into the famous Bourbon Street, the BBC’s US correspondent CBS reported.

A New Orleans police spokesman said “initial reports indicate that a vehicle may have struck a group of people” early on New Year’s Day. The spokesman added that there were “reported deaths”.

A CBS reporter saw several people on the ground with injuries.

Witnesses told the organization that a car hit a group of people, and the driver started firing weapons that caused the police to fire back. The police are not sure about the matter.

Nola Ready, a New Orleans official, said on television that “there has been a major accident at Canal and Bourbon Street” and told bystanders to “evacuate the area”.