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North Carolina police identify 20-year-old truck driver who struck and killed girl during Christmas parade

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A 20-year-old driver who allegedly lost control of a truck that struck and killed a girl participating in a Christmas parade in Raleigh, North Carolina, on Saturday morning, was identified by police later in the evening.

The truck was pulling a float that was in the parade behind the girls from the CC & Co. Dance Complex.

The driver was identified as 20-year-old Landen Christopher Glass. He was arrested for the misdemeanor death by motor vehicle, carelessness and recklessness, improper equipment, unsafe movement and carrying a firearm in a parade.

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Landen Christopher Glass, 20, was arrested on misdemeanor death in a motor vehicle, carelessness and recklessness, improper equipment, unsafe movement and carrying a firearm in a parade.

Landen Christopher Glass, 20, was arrested on misdemeanor death in a motor vehicle, carelessness and recklessness, improper equipment, unsafe movement and carrying a firearm in a parade.
(Raleigh Police Department)

“The girls kept dancing, and then they separated very quickly as the truck passed between them. There were more dancers beyond this group. I think we were all wondering if it was part of the parade,” said a woman who saw the accident. WRAL-TV.

Glass was screaming that he couldn’t control the van before it crashed, witnesses said.

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Aerial footage from WTVD shows a runaway truck that collided with a girl Saturday at the Raleigh Christmas parade.

Aerial footage from WTVD shows a runaway truck that collided with a girl Saturday at the Raleigh Christmas parade.
(WTVD)

Another passerby said he saw the girl on the ground with a blanket covering her. Others reported hearing screeching tires, yelling, and a blaring vehicle horn at the time of the accident.

People stop a truck during the Raleigh, North Carolina, Christmas parade on Saturday.  A girl was injured in an accident.

People stop a truck during the Raleigh, North Carolina, Christmas parade on Saturday. A girl was injured in an accident.
(WTVD)

“We started dancing in the parade and all of a sudden we heard a lot of honking,” dancer Olivia Bruce, 14, told the News & Observer. “And when we turned around, we saw the truck almost backwards, so we turned around,” Bruce said.

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The victim’s name has not been released.

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