The driver of the float is facing misdemeanor charges death by motor vehicle and reckless driving.
Police said the driver of the truck is facing charges of misdemeanor death by motor vehicle, careless and reckless driving, improper equipment, unsafe movement and carrying a firearm in a parade, the television station reported.. The parade was canceled after the incident.The News & Observer
newspaper of Raleigh reported. The truck pulling the second float was the vehicle that went out of control, according to the newspaper. “We started dancing in the parade, and then all of a sudden, we just heard a lot of honking,” Olivia Bruce, 14, a member of the dance troupe, told the. “And when we turned back, we saw the truck almost on our backs, so we turned away.
“The truck just kept going faster and then it stopped and someone was laid out on the ground. It was pretty close . I moved out in seconds -- almost got hit, too.”“The girls kept dancing, and then very quickly parted as the truck moved through them. There were more dancers beyond this group. We were all, I think, wondering if it was part of the parade,” the woman told the television station. “Perhaps picked up a little bit of speed and it kept honking, and then there was quite a bit more chaos.
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