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In the wake of a New Year’s attack on Bourbon Street that resulted in at least 10 deaths, the scheduled Sugar Bowl matchup for Wednesday night has been postponed, New Orleans district attorney Jason Williams told CBS’s WWL-TV. The College Football Playoff quarterfinal game between 2-seed Georgia and 7-seed Notre Dame is now scheduled to be played Thursday, Jan. 2 at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans.
Anne Kirkpatrick said a man intentionally drove a pickup truck around barricades and into a crowd on Bourbon Street in New Orleans’ French Quarter around 3:15 a.m. local time on Jan. 1 in the waning hours of New Year’s Eve celebrations. Officials said 35 people were hospitalized. CBS News reports the driver is dead.
“This man was trying to run over as many people as he could,” Kirkpatrick said, according to CBS News, adding that two police officers were hit by gunfire but were in a stable condition.
Parts of Bourbon Street have been closed off from Canal Street to St. Anne, the FBI said.
“There’s so much to enjoy about New Orleans… making sure that our routes and the Superdome are safe today for the game,” Kirkpatrick said. “We had this tragic event, and we’re sorry again to everyone in our community, but we do want you to go about the day, just stay away from Bourbon.”
The FBI said Wednesday morning it was investigating the mass-casualty incident as a terrorist act.
Kirkpatrick said the police department would work to ensure security at the Caesars Superdome, which is a short walk from the French Quarter. Sugar Bowl officials were in discussions with authorities on the local, state, and federal levels before settling on the decision to postpone the game.
“The Sugar Bowl Committee is devastated by the terrible events from early this morning,” Jeff Hundley,…
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Author : Will Backus
Publish date : 2025-01-01 19:12:00
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