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