The driver of a pickup truck accidentally struck and killed one man and injured another as marchers were getting ready to begin a Pride parade in South Florida on Saturday, the police said.
The police in Fort Lauderdale said on Sunday that the driver was a 77-year-old man who was unable to walk in the parade because of unspecified “ailments.” The vehicle the man was driving “accelerated unexpectedly” as the parade began and struck two people, the police said. “After striking the pedestrians, the driver continued across all lanes of traffic, ultimately crashing into the fence of a business on the west side of the street,” the police said.