U.S. parade crash driver may have been fleeing a crime
CTV
Investigators are looking into whether the SUV driver who plowed through a Christmas parade in suburban Milwaukee, killing at least five people and injuring more than 40, was fleeing a crime, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press.
The joyous scene of marching bands and children dancing in Santa hats and waving pompoms gave way in an instant Sunday to screams and the sight of crumpled bodies as the SUV sped through barricades and struck dancers, musicians and others. Members of a “Dancing Grannies” club were among those killed.
“It looked like dummies being thrown in the air,” said Nicole Schneiter, who was there with her children and grandchildren. “It took second to register, like, `Is that just we really just saw?' And then you looked in the road and there were just people laying in road.”
At least nine patients - most of them children - were listed in critical condition Monday at two hospitals, and seven others were reported in serious condition.
One person was taken into custody after a Waukesha police officer opened fire to try to stop the vehicle, authorities said.
