11 injured when vehicle strikes Mardi Gras parade participants on Highway 59 in Gulf Shores, Alabama
Car drives into crowd at Alabama Mardi Gras parade
“A teenage band has just started to march down the parade route when they were struck from behind. The vehicle was apart of the parade,” says Grant Brown, a spokesperson for the city of Gulf Shores.
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City spokesman Grant Brown tells The Associated Press that the band had just entered the parade route Tuesday morning when a car behind the group lurched forward into the group.
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At least three people were taken to South Baldwin Regional Medical Center, the hospital said.
4 critically injured as car strikes marching band at Mardi Gras parade
Brown said the car was driven by a 73-year-old man who accelerated and hit the band. It was not immediately clear why the driver accelerated, but authorities do not believe the crash was intentional.
Video shows marching band, SUV right before Mardi Gras parade crash
Video posted by Gulf Shores Fire Rescue on Facebook Tuesday afternoon shows the band practicing just moments before the crash.
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According to Connell, the chapter president Larry Rathbun was driving the Ford Expedition that was behind the students. He ran into band members, injuring 12 of them.
Critically hurt Gulf Shores students are members of 8th grade band
Gulf Shores Middle School Principal Kyle McCartney says the three critically injured band members are all members of the middle school's 8th grade band that marches with with the high school band.
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