'I'm lucky to be safe, but at least two people were hit and are in critical condition,' she wrote. Meanwhile, Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried was also at the parade, and sent out a message to her followers after the tragedy. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., is comforted after a truck drove into a crowd of people during The Stonewall Pride Parade She was seen in tears as first responders arrived on the scene and administered CPR to a person laying on the road. Debbie Wasserman Schultz had been in attendance at the parade and missed being hit by the truck by 'a matter of inches'.
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The driver allegedly told police 'that his foot became stuck between the gas pedal and the brake causing him to lose control of the vehicle', CBS 4 reported.ĭemocratic U.S. We anticipate more details to follow and ask for the community's love and support.' 'To my knowledge, this was not an attack on the LGBTQ community. 'Our fellow Chorus members were those injured and the driver was also a part of the Chorus family. Justin Knight, the chorus' president, said: 'Our thoughts and prayers are with those affected by the tragic accident that occurred when the Stonewall Pride Parade was just getting started.
The driver's pick-up truck was adorned with a rainbow flag, and he was wearing a Fort Lauderdale Gay Men's Chorus t-shirt.Ī spokesman for the Chorus told WLPG that those injured were members of the choir, and the driver was 'part of the Chorus family.' However, later in the evening reports began to surface that the incident may have been a tragic accident. Police say it is unclear whether the man acted deliberately. The tragedy occurred 7pm Saturday evening in Wilton Manors, 10 miles north of Fort Lauderdale, just as The Stonewall Pride Parade and Street Festival began.Īccording to Local 10, a man behind the wheel of a white pick-up truck was lined up with other floats ready for the parade when he hit the gas and plowed into participants. One person is dead, and another is in a critical condition after a driver slammed into spectators at a Pride parade in Florida.