20 Jan One dead after driver slams into group at Florida satisfaction procession
WILTON MANORS — men drove a pickup truck into a crowd at a Florida Pride procession on Saturday, apparently eliminating a minumum of one people and critically injuring another.
Both people, the motorist and the victim, include members of the Fort Lauderdale Gay Men’s Chorus, the organization’s chairman advised the Southern Fl Sun-Sentinel. The incident were held during start of the Wilton Manors Stonewall procession and Festival.
“Our head and prayers are with those who find themselves impacted,” stated president Justin Knight, who was simply perhaps not at the scene but stated he known the drivers from video used afterward. “Our fellow chorus users happened to be those injured, together with driver ended up being a part of the chorus parents . ”
Knight said he believed the experience ended up being an accident but didn't disclose title of drivers. an unknown certified told WFOR-TV that regulators furthermore believe it might a major accident, claiming the driver informed officers his toes had gotten trapped caught between the petrol pedal and the braking system and he destroyed regulation.