QUIRKY WORLD ... Food fans in a flap at chicken wing festival

USA: Reno police said they shot to death a man who tried to run over an officer as he attempted to drive into a crowded chicken wing festival.

The incident began at about 1.30pm on Sunday when police tried to stop a silver mini-van near downtown, the Washoe County Sheriff’s Office said.

The driver of the mini-van failed to stop and headed towards downtown. The mini-van tried to get past a barricade in front of the annual Biggest Little City Wing Fest and then swerved towards a police officer who was on foot. The officer shot the man after it crashed into a vendor.