A man intentionally drove a pickup truck into a crowd on Bourbon Street as revelers were celebrating the new year, officials said. Sources told CBS News the driver is dead.

At least 10 people are dead and dozens injured in New Orleans after a driver plowed a car into a crowd of New Year's revelers on Bourbon Street, police and city officials said.

The City of New Orleans said people were hurt in a “mass casualty incident involving a vehicle that drove into a large crowd on Canal and Bourbon Street.”

New Orleans authorities are responding to a "mass casualty incident" in which at least 10 people have died and 30 have been injured after a vehicle drove into a crowd in the city's bustling Bourbon Street area during the early hours of New Year's Day.

Governor Jeff Landry: "A horrific act of violence took place on Bourbon Street earlier this morning. Please join Sharon and I in praying for all the victims and first responders on scene."

This story originally appeared on Louisiana Illuminator. NEW ORLEANS — At least 10 people were killed and 35 injured early Wednesday after a pickup truck tore through Bourbon Street where crowds were celebrating the arrival of the New Year.

Newsweek has contacted the New Orleans Police Department for more information. According to a CBS News report, a police spokesperson said that "initial reports show a car may have

While a crowd of people were out on Bourbon street in New Orleans, Louisiana celebrating New Years, an SVU reportedly drove in the crowd "running people over".

Picayune, Nola.com and The Advocate is lifting the paywall on all of its websites in wake of the tragedy unfolding Bourbon Street after 10 people were killed and at least 35 were injured on New Year's Day.