Drunk driver plows into New Orleans Mardi Gras parade
- 7 years ago
NEW ORLEANS — Some 28 people were hospitalized after a drunk driver plowed into a crowd of Mardi Gras parade spectators in New Orleans on Saturday night.
The incident took place when a massive crowd was celebrating the Endymion parade at the intersection of North Carrollton and Orleans Avenue at 6:42 p.m.
The suspect, identified as Neilson Rizzuto, 25, slammed his gray pickup truck into two vehicles before hitting parade spectators. The pickup truck eventually stopped when it crashed into a dump truck.
Rizzuto was apprehended at the scene. New Orleans police later said the suspect had a blood alcohol level nearly three times over the legal limit, Reuters reported.
The incident took place when a massive crowd was celebrating the Endymion parade at the intersection of North Carrollton and Orleans Avenue at 6:42 p.m.
The suspect, identified as Neilson Rizzuto, 25, slammed his gray pickup truck into two vehicles before hitting parade spectators. The pickup truck eventually stopped when it crashed into a dump truck.
Rizzuto was apprehended at the scene. New Orleans police later said the suspect had a blood alcohol level nearly three times over the legal limit, Reuters reported.