The remainder of the parade was canceled Saturday evening. Remaining floats that followed the float involved in the accident, along with marching groups, diverted elsewhere from the accident scene.
NEW ORLEANS – A person was struck and killed by a Mardi Gras float during a raucous Saturday night street parade in New Orleans, the second person in days killed along a parade route in this year’s Carnival season, authorities said.
NOLA Ready said the remainder of Endymion’s parade was canceled Saturday evening. Reports said 13 floats had already gone ahead when the accident occurred with the 14th float in the formation. Remaining floats that followed, along with marching groups, diverted elsewhere from the accident scene on Canal Street, a wide route in this Mississippi River port city popular with parade viewers.
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