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Trantalis said the truck driver suddenly sped up when he was told he was next at the parade, hitting the victims. įort Lauderdale Mayor Dean Trantalis and other city officials were in a float in front of the Rolli choir truck on a stage preparing the floats. Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz was consoled at Wilton Manors (Florida), Stonewall Pride Parade and Street Festival after a truck entered a large crowd. As far as I know, this was not an attack on the LGBTQ community,” President Justin Knight said in a statement on Sunday, “as an unfortunate accident.” “Our members of the Chorus were injured and the driver is also a member of the Chorus family. The driver and the victim were members of the Fort Lauderdale Gay Men’s Chorus family, a group of up to 25 members of the elderly. “Early investigation now appears to have been a tragic accident, but no one has said what it is in the end,” Rollik told the Associated Press in a telephone interview.
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The 77-year-old driver was arrested, but police said no charges had been filed and the investigation was underway. Wilton Manors Deputy Mayor Paul Rolli and Fort Lauderdale Mayor Dean Trantalis said Sunday that the first investigation shows the accident. The white pickup truck was lined up with other floats for the parade, rushed and collided with pedestrians before crashing into a plant nursery, Local 10 News reported. The incident happened at the beginning of the Wilton Manors Stonewall Pride Parade and festival, in celebration of the LGBTQ, in a town near Fort Lauderdale.
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A member of a men’s choir group inadvertently picked up the truck along with members of the choir as the South Florida Pride Parade began on Saturday, killing one member of the group and seriously injuring another, the group’s director said, leading to initial speculation was a hate crime against the gay community.