As Christmas approaches, it is the tragedy that hit the state of Wisconsin in the United States on November 21, 2021 in the late afternoon, during a parade in Waukesha where an SUV type vehicle crashed. the crowd, bursting in behind a group of marching school musicians. The next day, the whole country is in mourning and trying to understand how this tragedy, whose toll for the moment amounts to 5 dead and 40 injured, including children according to the city’s police department. . A suspect has been taken into custody, an investigation is underway.
“The Waukesha Christmas Parade was taking place when a red SUV knocked down the barriers on the west side and headed for Main Streeet (the main street)Police chief Dan Thompson said at a press conference.The car hit more than 20 people, some of them were children and there were injuries due to this incident“, he said. Previously local officials had, for their part, indicated that 11 adults and 12 children had been taken to hospital. Schools will not open on Monday and some roads will remain closed for the duration of the the investigation, said Dan Thompson.
An American lawyer, Ron Filipkowski, posted footage of the drama but cut the video when it becomes traumatic: “I watched the whole video of the SUV that plunged into the parade. It’s horrible and I’m not going to repost it. Here are the images just before the vehicle hits the people in the parade, then I cut. “