Fort Lauderdale Mayor Dean Trantalis, who is gay and told reporters Saturday that he believed the incident to be a 'terrorist attack' on the LGBTQ community, said in a statement Sunday that he feared it 'could be intentional based on what I saw from mere feet away.'.Blocker did not comment on what led to the crash, nor did he identify the driver or those injured by the pickup truck.
The latest: Addressing speculation that the crash may have been a hate crime against the LGBTQ community, Wilton Manors police chief Gary Blocker said in a statement: 'Today we know yesterday's incident was a tragic accident, and not a criminal act directed at anyone, or any group of individuals.' Police said Sunday they believe a driver unintentionally hit spectators at a weekend Pride parade in Wilton Manors, Florida, resulting in the death of one man and leaving another person hospitalized.
