Overview
- Authorities say a car struck people gathered at a parked food truck near Sainte-Anne’s Christmas lights on Friday evening, injuring 19, including seven children.
- Initial reports listed three patients, including a 10-year-old, in critical condition, but all were later categorized in relative emergency and no deaths were reported.
- The 45-year-old driver tested positive for alcohol and cannabis and was taken into custody, with officials noting he was exfiltrated after bystanders nearly attacked him.
- Emergency responders activated the multiple‑casualty NOVI plan, deploying more than 40 firefighters, SAMU teams and about twenty gendarmes, and set up a psychological support cell.
- Local media report the driver’s custody was extended as the Pointe-à-Pitre prosecutor pursues charges; officials also denied viral online claims of 10 fatalities amplified on X.