A girl died after she was hit by a truck pulling a float during a Christmas parade in #Raleigh, #NorthCarolina, authorities said.
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May she rest in peace
Early gang guys
WTF is wrong with people?
His brakes failed, it was due to heat so his ebrake would also be just as useless
@9INETY How do you overheat brakes at walking speeds? The worst I ever had was way better than that, and I’ve had some real junk.
@warren hymes that’s what someone said happened, failed to take for inspection, and his brakes were really bad, and somehow overheated. Something doesn’t add up.
@warren hymes I’m guessing you have never towed for long periods of time. Towing anything is difficult on the brakes with many rapid stops the brakes they easily weaken quickly. Not the drivers fault you can tell he was trying to warn everyone by also using the horn. Do better man.
@DEVS I can tow for hours at walking speeds & never warm up the brakes. It’s possible he popped a brake line and the E-brake wasn’t in working condition, but the odds of that on an obviously newer truck are slim. More likely he just panicked & didn’t grab it. That happens. You don’t get charged just because your brakes fail. Maybe he was drinking or high. I don’t know, and neither do you. He had illegal guns in the truck, so maybe not the smartest guy around anyway. The truck is also pretty modded, so who knows what was unhooked. Also it’s reported there were no trailer brakes, as well.
Why do they run away from the truck instead of moving to the side?
Women☕
@where am i they’re spreading 😭
@Dzenana ur joking right?! A GIRL DIED AND UR GONNA BE A B!TCH ABOUT IT?
@¡Blush¡ ahh women ☕️
@Life Is Amazing they are teenagers they can move just like an adult
I wonder what happened, said the driver lost control. Just curious.
His brakes failed and couldn’t stop that is why he was hitting his horn
The brakes stopped working
It’s very easy to judge but his brakes stopped working
@J W we’re those honks for his satisfaction tf you think?
@Hilton he did but nobody could hear him over the music.
@J W he did
@Dzenana or shut truck off and put it in park
E-brake, turn it off or put it in park.
She’s like his brakes went out because he was blown the horn🥴😵😵💫
What?
RIP ❤️🙏😭
She was my best friend 🙁
oh really?
@Operator Sloth yep
@💛Its_Your_Gurl_Kira💛 what was her name then?
I’m sorry for your loss
So sorry for your loss
Not this again 🤦🏻♀️ even if it was an accident this is eerily the same day or close to the date a year ago of the Wisconsin Christmas parade
probably because they do Christmas parades around the same time dummy
Except that guy was a sick sob
His brakes failed it Is an accident
bra it’s abt to be christmas… ofc it was around the same time
#Freelanden he did nothing wrong
@9INETY not that vehicle buddy😂
He could have shut the truck off and forced it into gear or park better to destroy the transmission than hit people
@Hotel alpha whiskey kilo Grunt606 parking paws wont stop a vehicle they just break or grind alot. I didn’t hear any engine noise in that video either but maybe my volume was down to much.
@Hotel alpha whiskey kilo Grunt606 what? You ever cut a vehicle off while it’s rolling ? Guess what it still rolls and putting it in park doesn’t work either
@Hotel alpha whiskey kilo Grunt606 that would have done nothing the pin in the transmission would have broke from jamming it into park and would have made it roll easier
He should have slammed it in park at least.
I hate to say but how did lady missed the kid now that her fault and everyone should’ve moved to the side as soon as he honked the horn
She’s a kid and everything happened fast. Just an unfortunate situation all around
It looks like they had a fair warning but he was already on top of them when he started honking. He should’ve started honking AS SOON as he realized the brakes we put.
I hope he gets the maximum sentence allowed by law…SAD
His brake boosters went out it ain’t his fault it
@Nathan Horst he could have killed the truck shut it off thrown it up in park destroy the transmission but he could have done that and locked it up instead of hitting people
@Hotel alpha whiskey kilo Grunt606 you couldn’t have thought of that in his situation
@Hotel alpha whiskey kilo Grunt606in newer cars there is the neutral safety switch which prevent a you from shifting to a gear past neutral.
It’s was an accident…
Never trust a chevy driver
Some people need to learn, defensive, driving if your brakes are out, you go to the side, he easily could’ve stopped it😢
So you would have immediately went into action and “went to the side”? How many people are sitting on the side? Much less standing watching the parade?
@Tanner VanDenheuvel i never said the tires had something to do with him not being able to stop, the tires add weight, anything moving with a lot of weight on it will not just “stop” when you pull to the side
@Tanner VanDenheuvel i also never said his tires i said the wheels
@Heather Lane but by bringing the truck in the middle of the parade and making no attempt to stop it’s negligent murder
@Salsa_223 where would you suggest having a truck in a Christmas parade pulling a float? On the sidewalk? You can’t say he didn’t attempt to stop the truck and was negligent. From what I’ve seen he and the other 2 passengers isn’t he truck we’re yelling waving and blowing a train sounding horn that was quiet loud (even in the midst of a loud parade) trying to warn people that there was a problem. It’s sad that the girl was hit and sustained to her injuries but to charge this young man and book him into jail like a criminal is sad as well. I haven’t seen the first video indicating that he even so much as “gassed” the truck. Accidents do happen and unfortunately this accident caused a tragedy. In my opinion whoever was in charge of lining the parade is as much to blame as anyone since this is turning into a blame game.
Should be hung no questions,or stoning. Let the family decide.
Can see the brakes sparking and hear them grinding
i don’t wanna be that dude but why couldn’t the girl get out the way just like everyone else got to😭 this man just got sent to prison over his truck
Maybe the driver of the truck should have reacted.
Then he wouldn’t be looking a court date.
@DMC wdym bro he was trying??
@Jeremy Fahey he still deserves to go to jail after killing a child even if it was an accident
@Tricia Tate’s Camper remodels she was 11
@¡Blush¡ that makes absolutely jo sense at all
Not his fault it’s gonna be another rittenhouse case this is bs
He shouldn’t face any charges this can’t be prevented it’s not his fault
That’s what happens when you celebrate Christmas too early
I blame the environmentals for this because of them you can’t get a truck with a Manual transmission. If he could have put it in first or second gear with an isochronous idle no brake boil over. my 2014 Ram can get up to 15 mph plus at idle In drive.
We stand with him
That’s what you get for voting for stupid Joe Biden!
#freelanden
That’s is so so sad prayers to the family.
the fact it’s a traijn horn everyone shoulda moved it’s the girls fault and the leader for not doing anything
His brakes failed it was out of his control he warned by the horn he was screaming and you can tell he was trying to stop saying as you can hear the brakes grinding and see psoarks from his brakes
Those trucks have manual foot lever parking brakes as well as you should be able to slam it in park goin that slow, it would prolly blow the 7-8,000$ tranny but could’ve saved a life
He was slamming it in park but it’s designed to not lock until the vehicle is near a complete stop
If you watch the video when he finally gets stopped the truck rocks back and forth from the park finally engaging
Accidents happen
Maybe she wouldn’t have died if she moved?
Why didn’t he use E brake or slam it in park
Dude his breaks failed its not his faultt he didnt do it on purpose.
The trucks hydrobooster went out I bet….kid is only 20 and freaked out and forgot about the emergency brake tragic that it had to happen
You are so close minded I bet you whatever you want he was set up
This makes my stomach literally sink, my best friend performed in that parade and was very close to the truck. She’s usually the happy friend but she is so traumatized she can’t even listen to Christmas music, it breaks my heart 💔
Why didn’t he just hit the other float right in front of him. It’s like he tried to squeeze through with those young kids running that way.
Because aren’t there kids on the float aswell? And then you would have the float getting out of control + he panicked probably
The parade organization that allowed him to use that DI- k extender should also be held responsible. In my city the vehicles get inspected. He was also too young to be allowed to transport that many passengers. Did he get permission from his insurance or does his insurance cover that many passengers?