In a statement on Facebook, officers added that a family reunification location has been established at the Metro Transit Centre by Bank Street.Īngelito Tenorio, a West Allis alderman who is running for Wisconsin state treasurer, told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel that he was watching the parade with his family when they saw the vehicle come speeding into the area. “My wife and two daughters were almost hit. I had to go from one crumpled body to the other to find my daughter,” he said. “They were pom-poms and shoes and spilled hot chocolate everywhere. It was pretty horrifyingĬorey Montiho, a Waukesha school district board member, told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel that his daughter’s dance team was hit. The sound of the marching band heard before the car approaches is replaced by screams. The video shows people tending to at least one of the girls on the ground.Īnother video shows the car striking what appears to be members of a marching band and several others along the parade route before driving on. The vehicle then plows into the group as the person filming shouts, “Oh my God!” over and over. Waukesha mayor Shawn Reilly told WITI television station in Milwaukee that he does not believe there is any current danger to the public.įootage posted on social media, which appeared to be a live video feed, showed a red vehicle breaking through barriers and speeding into the road where the parade was taking place.Ī second video taken along the parade route showed a group of what appeared to be teenage girls dancing with white pompoms and wearing Santa hats. People have been urged to avoid the downtown area. Mr Thompson said the investigation is ongoing but a “suspect vehicle” has been recovered. Police investigate at the scene of a crash involving multiple people and injuries at a holiday parade in Waukesha (Mike De Sisti/Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel/AP) He added later a “person of interest” is in custody. In a press briefing, he told journalists: “We have a person of interest that we are looking into at this time.” Mr Thompson added he doesn’t have an exact number of those who have died and people who were hurt have been taken to hospital.
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