The driver and two male victims were all members of the Fort Lauderdale Gay Men’s Chorus, the department said.
The 77-year-old man whose 2011 Dodge Ram plowed into two people at the start of the Wilton Manors Stonewall Pride Parade was participating in the march but had ailments preventing him from walking, the Fort Lauderdale Police Department said in a statement on Sunday. The car crash at a Florida Pride Parade that killed one marcher and injured another on Saturday night appears to have been accidental, authorities and organizers said. Long Island woman arrested in fatal hit-and-run that killed mother of fiveĭriver wrecks $625,000 Ferrari by slamming into 3 parked cars
Oral sex sends Florida man crashing into FedEx truck “Due to a tragic event, the Stonewall Pride Parade has been canceled but the festival events will continue,” the Wilton Manors Police Department tweeted.Livery driver killed in NYC hit-and-run crash, cops say “It was definitely an intentional act right across the lanes of traffic.” “All of a sudden there was a loud revving of a truck and a crash through a fence,” Spectator Christina Currie said. “May the memory of the life lost be for a blessing.”Ī witness told The South Florida SunSentinal she believed the crash was premeditated. “I am so heartbroken by what took place at this celebration,” she said. In a statement, she said she was safe but “deeply shaken and devastated that a life was lost.” Wasserman Schultz was pictured crying at the scene. The driver of the truck was taken into custody, according to local media. “He was screaming vulgarities,” the mayor claimed, although that was not evident from video of the arrest.
Luckily they missed that person, but unfortunately, they hit two other people,” he said. It was deliberate, it was premeditated, and it was targeted against a specific person. “This is a terrorist attack against the LGBT community,” Trantalis told Local 10 News. Mayor Trantalis believes the incident was a deliberate attack at the parade. However, Fort Lauderdale Mayor Dean Trantalis, who was at the parade in the gay-friendly Broward County city, told the station he believes the driver was trying to hit the Democratic congresswoman. Police have not announced any charges against the unidentified individual or discussed a possible motive, according to WPLG. “We anticipate more details to follow and ask for the community’s love and support.” Chris Day/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP The truck reportedly came close to hitting the car of Rep. This was not an attack on the LGBTQ community,” the chorus’ president Justin Knight said in a statement. He was wearing a white T-shirt with the Fort Lauderdale Gay Men’s Chorus rainbow-colored logo on the back - and the group’s president confirmed he “was a part of the chorus family.” This is the moment the driver was taken into custody by police after running over 2 people with a white pick up truck at the Wilton Manors #pride parade Saturday #BreakingNews /pCacjlhc5b- Christian De La Rosa June 20, 2021 Chris Day/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via APĪ handcuffed bald man was filmed by WPLG reporter Christian De La Rosa being marched to a police squad car. Police and firefighters respond after the truck drove into the crowd. Debbie Wasserman Schultz was riding in, told police that his foot was stuck between the gas pedal and the brake causing him to lose control, CBS said. The driver, who narrowly missed hitting the convertible Rep. “The truck revved up real fast and just took off,” parade-goer David Banter told CBS Miami. The white pickup truck - carrying a rainbow-colored Pride flag - was lined up with other floats when the driver hit the gas and ran over the two would-be marchers at the start of the Wilton Manors celebration around 7 p.m., the station reported. The FBI was called in to help the investigation, according to the station. One of the victims died from their injuries, and the other is in critical condition, according to WPLG Local 10 News. Police said they are investigating all possibilities. Others, however, including members of a local Gay Men’s Chorus, have maintained the deadly crash was an accident by one of its own members. Two participants in a Florida Pride parade were run over by a truck Saturday night, in what the mayor of Fort Lauderdale called a “terrorist attack against the LGBT community.” LI man threatened to ‘assault, shoot and bomb’ NYC Pride, LGBT orgs and individualsĭisney star: I had ‘dangerous’ gay conversion therapy before coming outĪmericans will be able to pick their passport gender Marine Corps sparks outrage with rainbow bullets to mark Pride month