1 dead after Florida pride parade participant accidentally drives through crowd
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One person has died and one other was hospitalized after the driver of a truck ran into the crowd at a pride parade in Wilton Manors, Florida, on Saturday, according to the Broward County Sheriff's office. The accident occurred just prior to the start of the parade, leading to its cancellation.
The Fort Lauderdale Police Department on Sunday said the 77-year-old driver of the truck was a participant in the parade and accidentally hit the two victims, CBS Miami reports. FLPD also said the driver and both victims are members of the Fort Lauderdale Gay Men's Chorus. Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried, who was at the parade, tweeted, "Our hearts are breaking and we continue to pray no more innocent lives are lost."Ashley White received her earliest combat action badge from the United States Army soon after the first lieutenant arrived in Afghanistan. The silver military award, recognizing soldiers who've been personally engaged by an attacker during conflict, was considered an achievement in and of itself as well as an affirming rite of passage for the newly deployed. White had earned it for using her own body to shield a group of civilian women and children from gunfire that broke out in the midst of her third mission in Kandahar province. All of them survived. She never mentioned the badge to anyone in her battalion.
The knock at the door came at nighttime on Mother's Day 2008 in Oregon, where Jessica Ellis' parents lived. It was around 9:20 p.m. and his wife, Linda, was already in bed; her father Steve Ellis told CBS News, that he thought someone let their animals out — but two soldiers in Class A uniforms were standing at the door.