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Dean Trantalis, the Fort Lauderdale mayor who has faced swift criticism for calling a deadly car crash at a Pride parade a "terrorist attack against the LGBT community," said he regretted the comments. "I regret the fact that I said it was a terrorist attack because we found out that it was not," he told a crowd at a vigil Sunday night. "But I don’t regret my feelings. I don’t regret that I felt terrorized by someone who plowed through the crowd." Police said the driver lost control of his truck and plowed through the crowd at the beginning of...

WILTON MANORS, Fla. (AP) — A driver slammed into spectators Saturday at the start of a Pride parade in South Florida, injuring at least two people. Fort Lauderdale Mayor Dean Trantalis confirmed the crash occurred Saturday evening at the Stonewall Pride Parade in the nearby city of Wilton Manors, WSVN-TV reported. WPLG-TV reports that the driver of the truck was taken into custody. Authorities did not immediately give details about the victims’ injuries or say whether they believe the crash was intentional. Photos and video from the scene showed Democratic U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz in tears while in a...

One person is dead, and another is in a critical condition after a driver slammed into spectators at a Pride parade in Florida. The tragedy occurred 7pm Saturday evening in Wilton Manors, 10 miles north of Fort Lauderdale, just as The Stonewall Pride Parade and Street Festival began. According to Local 10, a man behind the wheel of a white pick-up truck was lined up with other floats ready for the parade when he hit the gas and plowed into participants.