2nd LD: 10 dead, 30 injured as car plows through crowd in New Orleans, U.S.

HOUSTON, Jan. 1 (Xinhua) -- At least ten people died and 30 others were injured after a car plowed into New Year's Eve revelers in New Orleans, in the southern U.S. state of Louisiana, authorities said on Wednesday.

"There has been a mass casualty incident on Canal and Bourbon Street. Get yourself away from the area," NOLA Ready, the city's emergency preparedness campaign said in a post on social media platform