A person has been struck and killed by a Mardi Gras float during a raucous street parade in New Orleans, the second person in days killed along a parade route in this year's Carnival season, US authorities said. Max Becherer/The Advocate via AP A person was struck by a float and fatally injured Saturday evening during one of the iconic parades of the Mardi Gras season in New Orleans. Witnesses said the woman, New Orleans native Geraldine Carmouche, had apparently tried to cross between two parts of a tandem float and tripped over a hitch connecting the sections. Tandem floats are multiple floats connected together and pulled by one tractor. The Carnival season is nearing its traditional all-out Fat Tuesday celebration, the raucous climax of a week or more of parades, merrymaking and partying.

Source: Stuff February 23, 2020 04:07 UTC