New Orleans examining safety protocols after 2nd person killed by a Mardi Gras float

A man was killed on Saturday night after being hit by a Mardi Gras float in New Orleans. Police said the victim appeared to fall between two sections of a large tandem float at the Krewe of Endymion. Just days earlier, a 58-year-old woman was run over by a parade float at the Krewe of Nyx. Following the man's death, New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell announced tandem floats, which are several floats connected together and pulled by a tractor, are now banned. "To be confronted with such tragedy a ...