Posted on 02/24/2020 6:14:59 AM PST by BenLurkin
The man was fatally injured Saturday evening as the popular Krewe of Endymion was rolling, New Orleans police said in a statement. He was pronounced dead at the scene, and the Orleans Parish Coroner’s Office was to release his name and cause of death after completing an autopsy and notifying his family.
The remainder of Endymion’s parade was scrapped Saturday evening. Police said 13 floats had already gone ahead when the accident occurred with the 14th float in the formation. Remaining floats that followed, along with marching groups, were diverted from the accident scene on Canal Street, a wide route popular with parade viewers in the Mississippi River port city.
The float, with its gaudy lights still twinkling, was cordoned off by police on horseback and on foot. All around, streets were strewn with tossed bead necklaces and trinkets thrown from the floats.
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It was the most deadly float that can be imagined. The dreaded Corona Beer float.
I know that broken beer bottles can be very sparkly, but making the float out of flowers or cardboard is a lot safer. Just sayin’.
Shame what they did to Flounder’s beautiful Lincoln. His brother was never the same when he got his ride back!. I hazed to a frat house similar to Delta back in the early 60’s in Northern NJ. That movie brings back a lot of memories.
You mean you weren’t making a “Candyman” reference?
I was referring to stupid people linking Corona beer to the Corona virus.
Yeah. I was just running with it. :)
But probably not all that successfully...
Wait...What?
You mean there isn’t a link?
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