NEW ORLEANS — Two riders fell from floats in separate incidents Sunday during a Mardi Gras parade.
A rider fell from the lower level of float 16B during the Thoth parade, WDSU reported.
@NewOrleansEMS transports one float rider to @UMCNO Trauma Center after falling from lower level of Thoth float 16B near St. Charles Ave/Louisiana. Float rider is in stable condition.
— New Orleans EMS (@NewOrleansEMS) February 23, 2020
The rider was taken to a hospital in stable condition.
Later during the parade, a rider fell from float 33, WDSU reported. The rider was taken to a hospital in stable condition.
@neworleansems transports another float rider who fell from float to @UMCNO. Fall from lower level of Thoth float #33 near Poydras/St. Charles Ave.
— New Orleans EMS (@NewOrleansEMS) February 24, 2020
Float rider in stable condition.
Two people have died during parades this week.
A man was struck and killed Saturday night when he was caught between two sections of a tandem float. Earlier in the week, Geraldine Carmouche, 58, died in a similar accident involving a tandem float.
In response to the deaths, city officials have banned all tandem floats for the remainder of the Carnival season.
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