UPDATE: At 7:55 p.m. Youngsville Police Chief Rickey Boudreaux issued the following statement: “While the investigation is ongoing it has been determined that the person injured during the Youngsville Mardi Gras parade was walking along side the float handing out throws, where she got too close and her ankle was run over by the tires of the float. She received a moderate injury to her ankle which required surgery which is going on at the time of this release. The original story of her jumping off of the float was determined to be untrue. Our thoughts and prayers are with the injured person and her family.”
YOUNGSVILLE, La. (KLFY) A woman who was participating in Saturday’s Mardi Gras Parade in Youngsville was seriously injured when she jumped from the float causing her foot and the lower area of her leg to be run over.
Youngsville Police Chief Rickey Boudreaux said for still unknown reasons, the unidentified float rider jumped from a moving float during the middle of the parade.
Youngsville Fire Department and ambulance paramedics, who were riding on the parade route, ran to help the woman, Boudreaux said.
She was then taken to a local hospital for treatment, Boudreaux said.
We will continue to follow this story, and provide additional details as the information is released.