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Mardi Gras in New Orleans is a time for no-holds-barred celebration — but the holiday also sparks fears over crime and fatalities, considering past years’ deaths. Each spring, over 1 million visitors flock to New Orleans for Carnival, more than quadrupling the city’s population in a manner of days. While float accidents at Mardi Gras are rare, they do happen in New Orleans, and elsewhere. At a Christmas parade last year, a 7-year-old boy fell off a Tennessee float and was crushed by the slow New Orleans police say Williams was shot and killed around 9:30 p.m. in the 1500 block of N. Claiborne Avenue, where hundreds of people gather to celebrate Mardi Gras. Gunshots brought one of New Orleans’ major Mardi Gras parades to a halt late Sunday night, with one dead and four hospitalized, according to New Orleans police. A person was struck and killed Saturday night by a float in a Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans, authorities said, marking the second such death this week in the city and casting a shadow on In cities across the United States someone or something is almost always watching you. On Tuesday, as Mardi Gras revelers flock to New Orleans to celebrate the end of Carnival, it will be no Mardi Gras is the third big test for New Orleans since the horrific Jan. 1 truck-ramming and shooting rampage on Bourbon Street in the French Quarter was allegedly carried out by a 42-year-old U.S With Mardi Gras just days away, New Orleans is boosting security to historic levels after a terror attack on the city's Bourbon Street killed 14 people on New Year's Day. FILE - Emergency personnel work at the scene after a person was run over and killed by a float during The Mystic Krewe of Nyx Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans, Feb. 19, 2020. But this year, Johnson, a New Orleans-area native, did not know what to expect during Mardi Gras. Only two months ago, a driver raced a rented Ford F-150 truck down several crowded blocks of NEW ORLEANS — A 58-year-old woman died Wednesday after she was run over by a New Orleans Mardi Gras float during the all-female Krewe of Nyx parade. The 44-float parade was ended early, and the Click on the Mardi Gras krewes below for further information about the krewe and to see their usual route for each parade. Please note: Events and activities are subject to change without notice. Stay tuned to the site for further info. FILE - New Orleans Police examine damaged cars and bicycles on Esplanade Avenue in New Orleans after a car struck multiple people, killing several and injuring others following the Endymion Mardi Gras parade on Saturday, March 2, 2019. Last year 68 percent of the Mardi Gras holiday deaths occurred in alcohol-involved crashes–well above the annual state average of 48 percent alcohol involvement in fatal crashes. Motorists should be aware and forewarned that State Police and many local police departments and sheriffs’ offices will be out in force over the Mardi Gras period NEW ORLEANS — Another person was run over and killed by a Mardi Gras float; It's the second deadly accident in a matter of three days; The person killed Saturday was an adult man Click on the Mardi Gras krewes below for further information about the krewe and to see their usual route for each parade. Please note: Events and activities are subject to change without notice. Stay tuned to the site for further info. The theme of this year’s parade, which blends Mexican and New Orleans culture, is the monarch butterfly, a symbol of “free and natural” migration. Before the procession at 4 p.m., the Krewe de Mayahuel will present a mini festival at Mickey Markey Park. NEW ORLEANS — Heartbroken. Numb. Shocked. Those were some of the reactions on social media Saturday night after word spread of another death at a New Orleans Mardi Gras parade. [The Historic New Orleans Collection, gift of Waldemar S. Nelson, 2003.0182.407_o2] During an 1878 epidemic that was tearing through the Lower Mississippi Valley, New Orleans saw 20,000 infections, 5,000 deaths, and about 20 percent of the city's population leave. Therefore, in 1879, only Rex rolled on Mardi Gras Day, while other krewes did not. The three largest Mardi Gras parades in New Orleans are parades for the Krewes of Endymion, Bacchus and Muses. Krewe of Endymion The Krewe of Endymion parade is on Saturday, March 1 at 4 p.m.
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