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WILTON MANORS, Fla. – At least two men were run over by a pickup truck as the LGBTQ Pride parade in Wilton Manors was just getting started around 7 p.m. Saturday night.
One of the victims has died, said Fort Lauderdale Mayor Dean Trantalis, who was at the parade, and Broward Sheriff Gregory Tony.
The white pickup truck was lined up with other floats when it hit the gas and ran over two men standing by to take part in the parade on Wilton Drive near 16th Street, as Local 10 News reporter Christian De La Rosa witnessed.
Police took the man who was driving the truck into custody. It is not clear if the crash was intentional. Witnesses say the man in custody was telling police it was an accident. He was wearing a Fort Lauderdale Gay Men’s Chorus t-shirt.
First responders rushed in to help the victims, who were taken to Broward Health Medical Center. The other victim is in critical condition, Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue said. Their names have not yet been released.
Trantalis said a third person was injured but in stable condition. Video obtained by Local 10 News shows a man being checked by fire rescue officials and telling people in the crowd that he was OK.
The truck narrowly missed hitting U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, who was in a convertible participating in the parade.
Trantalis said the truck missed Wasserman Schultz’s car “by inches” before crashing through a gate and into a plant nursery.
He believes it was a deliberate attempted attack of the Democratic congresswoman.
“This is a terrorist attack against the LGBT community,” Trantalis told Local 10 News. “This is exactly what it is. Hardly an accident. It was deliberate, it was premeditated, and it was targeted against a specific person. Luckily they missed that person, but unfortunately, they hit two other people.”
The parade has been canceled, but other festival events will continue, organizers said.
“A tragic incident occurred at today’s Stonewall event. Out of respect for everyone involved, the parade has been canceled and a thorough investigation is being conducted,” Wilton Manors Mayor Scott Newton said in a statement.
Activists have expressed concern about a number of recent anti-LGBTQ+ demonstrations recently. Earlier this week video captured a man in a truck damaging a colorful crosswalk mural in Delray Beach.
June is Pride Month, commemorating the Stonewall riots, which happened in late June 1969.
This is a developing news story. Check back and watch Local 10 for updates.
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