Jeep rides on spectators Mardi Gras

new orleans - A jeep is Saturday (local time) crashed into the crowd at a Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans. US media write that dozens have been wounded. According to police, at least twelve of them seriously injured but out of danger.

The pickup truck would be driven to the public around 18. 45 hours it was watching the Endymion Parade in the jazz metropolis. The police reported that the car to slow down was when he drove in the opposite direction of the parade. Before the jeep drove into the crowd smashed the first time two other cars. The truck finally came to a waste container to a standstill. 'It was frightening to see,' said an eyewitness. According to bystanders the driver in the slump would have stepped on the accelerator. 'I've never seen anything like it during a parade,' said a startled spectator.

At least 28 people were injured, 21 of them were taken to hospital. Among them are a policeman and a child of three years. Everyone is out of danger, says the mayor of New Orleans.

Police have arrested the driver of the jeep. There would not have been a terrorist act. A police spokesman said the driver was drunk. 'This was a tragedy caused by a man who has made wrong choices in the field of alcohol and traffic. '

Mardi Gras is the American version of carnival is celebrated in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Endymion Parade is the largest parade of parades eighty knows Mardi Gras.