Multiple people injured as car ploughs into holiday parade in Wisconsin

More than 20 people were injured when an SUV ploughed into a Christmas parade in the Milwaukee suburb of Waukesha on Sunday (Monday AEDT), the city’s police chief said.

Chief Dan Thompson said the investigation is ongoing, but that a “suspect vehicle” was recovered.

Some of those injured were taken by police to hospitals, and others were taken by family members, Thompson said.

Waukesha, which is about 32 kilometres west of Milwaukee.

In one video posted on social media, a red sport utility vehicle appeared to speed toward marchers from behind. In a second video, police appeared to open fire on the same vehicle as it crashed through street barriers.

Photos and videos of Waukesha circulating on Twitter showed police cars and ambulances crowding a street decked out with Christmas lights in the aftermath of the incident. Bundled up people huddled on sidewalks as dusk fell.

The incident occurred shortly before 5pm local times, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported.

“As we were walking back in between the buildings … we saw an SUV cross over, just put the pedal to the metal and just zooming full speed along the parade route. And then we heard a loud bang, and just deafening cries and screams from people who are struck by the vehicle,” Angelito Tenorio, an alderman in nearby West Allis, told the newspaper.

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