Photos and video from the scene showed the Democratic congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz in tears while in a convertible at the parade. Wilton Manors is a tight-knit community near Fort Lauderdale with a vibrant downtown filled with cute shops, where people line up for Rosie’s famous hamburgers or to gossip and drink at Georgie’s Alibi Monkey Bar. “As the facts continue to be pieced together, a picture is emerging of an accident in which a truck careened out of control.” “It terrorized me and all around me … I feared it could be intentional based on what I saw from mere feet away,” he said in a Twitter statement on Sunday. Trantalis, who is Fort Lauderdale’s first openly gay mayor, initially told reporters the act was deliberate, adding to the confusion on Saturday night. The police department did not immediately respond to additional questions about the investigation on Sunday. To my knowledge, this was not an attack on the LGBTQ community,” president Justin Knight said in a statement on Sunday, calling it “an unfortunate accident”.įort Lauderdale police detective Ali Adamson told reporters on Saturday that authorities were investigating all possibilities from the collision.
“Our fellow Chorus members were those injured and the driver is also a part of the Chorus family. It came right at the start of the parade. The driver and the victims were a part of the Fort Lauderdale Gay Men’s Chorus family, a small 25-member group of mostly older men. South Florida Gay Pride March The incident took place at the Stonewall Pride Parade & Street Festival in Wilton Manors, just north of Fort Lauderdale.
“The early investigation now indicates it looks like it was a tragic accident, but nobody’s saying finally what it is,” Rolli told the Associated Press in a phone interview. British military truck participates in the Gay Pride Parade, adorned with rainbow and LGBT+ flags. Babylon, New York, USA - 28 June 2020: Women waving gay pride flags while standing. The driver was taken into custody, but it was unclear whether he had been charged. Women standing in back of truck with rainblw colors during Gay Pride parade. “Out of respect for everyone involved, the parade has been canceled and a thorough investigation is being conducted.The Wilton Manors vice-mayor, Paul Rolli, and the Fort Lauderdale mayor, Dean Trantalis, said the early investigation shows it was an accident. “A tragic incident occurred at today’s Stonewall event,” Wilton Manors Mayor Scott Newton said in a statement, according to WPLG-TV. Wilton Manors police tweeted Saturday night that the public is not in danger. “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,” Currie said. Tragedy aborted the Stonewall Pride Parade in Wilton Manors and Fort Lauderdale Saturday, when a parade participant drove a Dodge Ram pickup truck into two people by accident, killing one. Spectator Christina Currie told the South Florida SunSentinel that she was with her family at the start of the parade. The driver of a pickup truck that struck two men, killing one, at a Pride parade in Florida was connected to the Fort Lauderdale Gay Men. “This tragedy took place within feet of me and my (Broward Sheriff’s Office) team, and we are devastated having witnessed this horrific incident.” One killed, one injured by driver at Florida Pride parade. “Though authorities are still gathering information, we know two individuals marching to celebrate inclusion and equality were struck by a vehicle,” Broward County Sheriff Gregory Tony said in a statement. Several people were run over and at least one died after a truck ran over them this Saturday while the traditional gay pride parade, Stonewall Pride Parade and Street Festival, took place in Wilton Manors, in Broward.
Wilton Manors Vice Mayor Paul Rolli and Fort Lauderdale Mayor Dean Trantalis said. A spokesperson for Wasserman Schultz did not immediately return an email seeking comment. A member of a men’s chorus group unintentionally slammed into fellow chorists at the start of a Pride parade in South Florida, killing one member of the group and seriously injuring another, the group's director said Sunday, clarifying initial speculation that it was a hate crime directed at the gay community. Debbie Wasserman Schultz in tears while in a convertible at the parade. Photos and video from the scene showed Democratic U.S.