Police say daiquiri shop bouncer drove into crowd at Endymion parade

The man whom authorities said Sunday was intoxicated when he crashed his truck into a crowd of Endymion paradegoers Saturday night in New Orleans has been identified as 25-year-old Neilson Rizzuto.

A gray truck raced downriver on North Carrollton Avenue toward its intersection with Orleans Avenue about 6:45 p.m. Saturday before slamming into two vehicles, then veering left into the neutral ground before it came to rest against a large dump truck.

New Orleans police said Rizzuto was arrested on the scene.

Records show he was booked Sunday on two counts of first-degree negligent vehicular injuring, one count of hit-and-run driving causing serious injury and one count of reckless operation of a vehicle.

According to Rizzuto's Facebook page, he is a bouncer at a daiquiri shop and he went to Ponchatoula High School.

At least 28 people were injured during Saturday's crash. Officials expect all victims to survive.

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This story was originally published February 26, 2017 at 12:01 PM with the headline "Police say daiquiri shop bouncer drove into crowd at Endymion parade."