Driver of pickup truck that rammed into people in French Quarter shot dead after exchanging gunfire with police

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At least 10 people have been killed and 35 injured after a vehicle drove into a crowd in New Orleans’s tourist district in the early hours of New Year’s Day, according to officials, with media reporting the driver later fired a gun.

The city’s disaster preparedness agency, Nola Ready, released a statement on a “mass casualty incident involving a vehicle that drove into a large crowd on Canal and Bourbon Street”. The area is part of city’s French Quarter, which is a popular nightlife destination.