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| Waukesha: Car ploughs into Wisconsin parade | Waukesha: Car ploughs into Wisconsin parade |
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| Officers said they had identified a person of interest, without giving details | Officers said they had identified a person of interest, without giving details |
| More than 20 people were injured after a car ploughed into a parade in Wisconsin, police have said. | More than 20 people were injured after a car ploughed into a parade in Wisconsin, police have said. |
| Footage posted online shows a red sports utility vehicle (SUV) driving through a Christmas parade in the town of Waukesha, west of Milwaukee, at around 17:00 local time (23:00 GMT). | |
| Onlookers screamed as people were knocked to the ground by the car. | Onlookers screamed as people were knocked to the ground by the car. |
| Police chief Dan Thompson told reporters they had recovered a suspect vehicle. | Police chief Dan Thompson told reporters they had recovered a suspect vehicle. |
| He added that they had identified a person of interest but gave no further details. The injured were taken to hospital by ambulance, police and family members. | |
| "Tonight was a traumatic situation for the City of Waukesha," Mayor Shawn Reilly reportedly told a press conference. | "Tonight was a traumatic situation for the City of Waukesha," Mayor Shawn Reilly reportedly told a press conference. |
| One video shows the car crashing at high speed through street barriers. Another showed the vehicle driving into what looked like a group of musicians. | |
| Local resident Angelito Tenorio told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel newspaper he had just finished marching in the parade when the incident occurred. | Local resident Angelito Tenorio told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel newspaper he had just finished marching in the parade when the incident occurred. |
| "We saw an SUV... just put the pedal to the metal and just zooming full speed along the parade route. And then we heard a loud bang, and just deafening cries and screams from people who are who are struck by the vehicle," he said. | "We saw an SUV... just put the pedal to the metal and just zooming full speed along the parade route. And then we heard a loud bang, and just deafening cries and screams from people who are who are struck by the vehicle," he said. |
| Police officers ran down the street, telling people to take shelter in shops, local media reported. | |
| A woman told Fox6 TV station the SUV hit a dance group of girls aged between nine and 15 years old. |