New Orleans Police: Driver in Deadly Crash Likely Impaired

New Orleans Police examine a Chevy Camaro on Esplanade Avenue in New Orleans that struck multiple people, killing several and injuring others, after the Endymion Mardi Gras parade finished passing nearby on March 2, 2019. Michael DeMocker/NOLA.com/The Times-Picayune via AP

NEW ORLEANS—Police suspect a driver was impaired when he killed two people and injured seven others, most of them riding bikes, on a busy New Orleans thoroughfare as large crowds gathered in the city for Mardi Gras.

Police spokesman Andy Cunningham said in a statement Sunday morning, March 3, that authorities are waiting for the results of a blood-alcohol test, but they believe the suspect was impaired at the time of the crash Saturday evening.