At least 10 people died and 30 others were injured after a car crashed into people in New Orleans city, USA, during New Year celebrations on Wednesday.

The incident occurred just days after a Saudi man rammed a car into a crowd at a Christmas market in the German city of Magdeburg which accounted for the death of five people.

According to some sections of the media reports, the driver of the car also fired at the crowd.

New Orleans' emergency preparedness campaign NOLA Ready posted on X: "There has been a mass casualty incident on Canal and Bourbon Street. Get yourself away from the area. "

Confirming the number of deceased in the attack, NOLA Ready said: "There are10 fatalities."

"There are 30 injured that have been transported by NOEMS to the following hospitals," NOLA Ready said.

Eyewitnesses recount horrifying incident

“All I seen was a truck slamming into everyone on the left side of Bourbon sidewalk,” said Kevin Garcia, 22, speaking to CNN shortly after the incident.

“A body came flying at me,” he said, adding that he also heard gunshots being fired.

Another witness, 22-year-old Whit Davis from Shreveport, Louisiana, told CNN the incident occurred while he was leaving a nightclub on Bourbon Street.

“Everyone started yelling and screaming and running to the back, and then we basically went into lockdown for a little bit and then it calmed down but they wouldn’t let us leave,” Davis said.

In the Magdeburg attack incident, 200 people were injured.