(The Guardian) Report: families identify vehicle attack victims
A father of two from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, was named by his family as one of at least 10 victims killed in the New Orleans vehicle attack, nola.com is reporting.
Reggie Hunter, 37, finished work on New Year’s Eve and decided to head to Bourbon Street “on a whim” to celebrate the new year with a cousin, Shirell Jackson, who identified herself as Hunter’s first cousin, told the outlet.
Jackson said the cousin was also struck by the vehicle and is among at least 35 people who were injured.
Earlier Wednesday, an 18-year-old student, Nikyra Cheyenne Dedeaux, from Gulfport, Mississippi, was named by her family as another of those killed. Her mother told nola.com that her daughter was celebrating new year with her cousin and a friend.
The president of the University of Georgia said it had learned one its students was injured, while Gideon Sa’ar, Israel’s minister of foreign affairs, said in a post to X that two Israeli citizens were hurt.
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Reggie Hunter and his cousin were both hit by a truck driven at a high rate of speed down Bourbon Street at around 3:15 a.m. Hunter died from his injuries. His cousin was among at least 35 people injured in the attack.
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