A girl participating in a holiday parade was struck and killed by a truck pulling a float.
The driver who lost control of the vehicle and struck the child was arrested and charged with reckless driving and other offenses. The driver was identified by police as Landen Glass.
People at the Raleigh Christmas Parade heard the driver of the pickup truck screaming that he lost control of the vehicle and couldn't stop it before he crashed.
A girl in the holiday parade was struck by a truck.
The dancer told the newspaper that the truck almost hit her as well.
After dancing in the parade, we heard a lot of noise. Bruce said that they turned away when they saw the truck on their backs.
Christine Barnes told WRAL-TV that the girls in the dance troupe couldn't hear the driver's horn. She said that adults were trying to get the children out of the way of the truck.
The girls were hysterical. It was traumatic.
The truck came close to hitting several other girls.
The girls couldn't get out of the way of the truck because they didn't know it was coming.
There were no injuries at the parade.
There was a crash and the parade was canceled. Police told drivers and pedestrians not to go there.
The vehicle was towing the float at a low rate of speed.
Glass was charged with careless and reckless driving, using improper equipment, unsafe movement, and carrying a firearm in a parade.
The girl's name and age were not released.
Police said their hearts go out to the family of the victim.
Mary-Ann Baldwin was the mayor of Raleigh.
The mayor said that the day began with joy. My heart was throbbing with joy. It's sad for the young girl who was hit in the parade.
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