EXTRAORDINARY In the USA, a car crashed into a pre-Christmas procession, several victims report – Topky.sk

Police also announced that the number of wounded and dead could still change, as many people went to the hospitals alone.

Police chief Dan Thompson told reporters he did not have an exact number of lives. At a press conference, CNN fire chief Steven Howard said that they had taken 11 adults and 12 children with unspecified injuries to hospitals.

An online broadcast of the city’s parade and footage captured by the participants captured a red SUV as it broke through the barriers and headed at high speed to the road where the traditional march took place. The police subsequently announced that they had found the incriminated vehicle, while “verifies the person of interest “, which, according to Thompson, has been detained in the meantime. According to the police, the reason for the collision is not yet known, but the public is no longer in danger in connection with this case.

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City Council member Angelito Tenorio told the AP that he was watching the procession with his family when he saw the SUV crashing. “Then we heard a loud bang. And then just crying and screams from the crowd, from the people of the procession,” he added that people started running away quickly.

The incident occurred around 5:00 PM local time. According to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, unconfirmed reports of the shooting also appeared. The police chief told a news conference that one of the police officers fired from a gun in an attempt to stop the vehicle, CNN reported. Details of the age or names of the victims of the incident were not immediately disclosed. Police have meanwhile taken a possible suspect into custody, but have not yet reported any motive.

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