NEW ORLEANS — Authorities say two people have been killed and six injured after being struck by a vehicle on a busy New Orleans thoroughfare.
Police Superintendent Shaun Ferguson tells local media that a suspect is in custody following the incident that happened about 8 p.m. Saturday along a multiple-block stretch of Esplanade Ave.
Ferguson says the suspect is being tested to determine whether he was intoxicated. His identity was not released.
EMS spokesman Jonathan Fourcade says a man and a woman — both about 30 years old — were killed. The injured ranged in ages from 28 to 65.
The incident happened not far from the Endymion parade, one of the city’s biggest Mardi Gras parades.
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