‘Attack on Pride’: 1 dead as pickup truck rams into Florida parade

A pickup truck ran into the Stonewall Pride Parade and Festival in Florida’s Wilton Manors on Saturday, NBC reports. Fort Lauderdale Mayor Dean Trantalis described the event as a terrorist attack on the LGBTQ+ community. One person died and one was injured in the incident, the report added.

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The vehicle was lined up with other floats before it accelerated and ran over two people taking part in the event. Officers were filmed administering CPR to one of the victims. According to the Sun, the truck narrowly missed Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz’s car. 

Mayor Trantalis described the incident as a deliberate attack on the parade. The Stonewall Pride Parade was called off.

“What we witnessed was, as we were beginning to assemble the parade, I was walking with Congressman Ted Deutch, and the parade had just begun, and we saw people lining up, ready to move, and all the sudden this white pickup truck dashed right through the crowd, barely missing Congresswoman [Debbie] Wasserman-Schultz’ car, by inches, and just … smashed through a gate, smashed into a landscaping company, and he hit two people,” Trantalis said according to the WPLG Local 10 News.