New Orleans Vehicle-Ramming (U.S)
Channel: Q&A News
Date: 2019-03-03

On Saturday, March 2, 2019, At approximately 8:00 p.m. The New Orleans Police Department arrested Tashonty Toney, 32, for 2 counts of vehicular homicide & 7 counts of vehicular negligent injury after a hit & run on Esplanade Avenue, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America.

The New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) said that a 32-year-old suspect named Tashonty Toney was in custody, it's believed that the suspect was impaired at the time of the incident, the suspect has been charged with (2) counts of vehicular homicide, (7) counts of vehicular negligent injury, hit & run, & reckless operation, Police Chief Shaun Ferguson said the suspect was not injured, & had originally fled the scene, the NOPD has said its investigation will not be influenced by the fact that Tashonty Toney is the son of one of its officers.

The incident happened not far from the Endymion parade, where one of the city’s biggest Mardi Gras parades takes place, at least 2 people were killed & 6 injured after a black Chevrolet Camaro lost control causing multiple fatalities & injuries, a local reporter named Matt Sledge said: "The Esplanade crash driver’s car is smashed up, airbags deployed, windshield wipers occasionally sputtering, car did a 180 after 2nd crash, so it’s now pointed lakebound."

One witness, Dane Barrymore, said that he saw a dark sports car speeding down the street, the driver swerved into the bike lane to try to go around a vehicle, he said: “It just happened there were people there; bicyclists.” 

A second witness named Robert Miller said: "I heard his engine running, he was flying," he said he saw the driver flee the scene barefoot. 

A third witness, Frank Rourk, said that he saw a driver of a dark sports car spin out on the median, the driver ran off but then laid down on the sidewalk where he lost consciousness, Frank Rourk & two other people were able to wake the driver, & Frank Rourk, who initially did not realize anyone was hit, told the driver: “I’m pretty sure you’re the guy who wrecked the car, you better go back there,” the driver then asked whether he had killed anyone.

A paradegoer said he walked by the scene & saw mangled bicycles & emergency responders tending to the injured lying on the ground, none appeared to be moving much, he said: “There was no one screaming, no one crying, it was completely silent.”

The New Orleans emergency medical services said that the victims were a man & a woman, both aged about 30-years-old, the injured ranged in ages from 28 to 65, five people, a 62-year-old man, 56-year-old man, 53-year-old woman & two 28-year-old women were all taken to the hospital, three were in critical condition.  

Location: https://earth.google.com/web/@29.9727404,-90.0736179,1.66562294a,900.5690378d,35y,0h,45t,0r/data=ChQaEgoKL20vMDJweGwyORgCIAEoAigC
Reporter: Matt Sledge @mgsledge: https://twitter.com/mgsledge
Source: https://twitter.com/NOPDNews/status/1102044585012940800
Source: https://www.youtube.com/user/NOPDOfficial/videos
Report: https://www.nola.com/crime/2019/03/son-of-nopd-officer-arrested-in-esplanade-crash-that-killed-2.html
Report: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/mar/03/new-orleans-two-killed-and-six-injured-after-being-hit-by-vehicle
Source: https://twitter.com/NOLAnews

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