She said the float hit a tree as it was making a turn. This caused the latch of the tandem float to unhook the two floats. Around 8:15 p.m. WDSU was told the krewe started rolling again.

Oaktree limb cut down after two floats run into it on Magazine St. this weekend "About $20,000 worth of damage total and the top structure is all torn out and beat up pretty bad," said the Krewe ...