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Eyewitnesses: One injured as mule-drawn carriage topples over in Quarter

According to eyewitnesses, the commercial being filmed included a jackhammer and the carriage struck one of the pieces of cement and toppled over. The mule continued on, despite the carriage being overturned.

NEW ORLEANS - One person was apparently badly injured after a mule-drawn tourist carriage overturned in the French Quarter Friday afternoon near an intersection where a TV commercial was being filmed.

The incident occurred near Royal and St. Philip Streets.

According to eyewitnesses, the commercial being filmed included a jackhammer and the carriage struck one of the pieces of cement and toppled over. The mule continued on, despite the carriage being overturned.

Eyewitness News will update the story as more information becomes available.

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