Spectators capture Christmas parade tragedy on video
AND WE MUST FIND WAYS TO HELP
EACH OTHER THROUGH THIS.
TODAY'S TRAGEDY TOUCHED THE
LIVES OF EVERYONE WHO SAW IT
UNFOLD. SPECTATORS ALONG THE
PARADE ROUTE. WE'RE RECORDING
VIDEO OF FLOATS AND PERFORMERS
WITH NO WAY OF KNOWING THEY
WOULD ALSO CAPTURED THE MOMENT
THAT WOULD COME TO DEFINE THE
2022. RALEIGH CHRISTMAS PARADE.
SOME OF YOU SHARE THOSE IMAGES
WITH US AND SHARED YOUR STORIES
WITH WRAL'S ADAM OWENS.
THIS VIEWER ONLY INTENDED TO
CAPTURE VIDEO OF THESE DANCERS
IN BRIGHT COLORED SHIRTS AS
THEY PASSED IN THE PARADE.
>> THEY WERE ABOUT TO RECORD
A NIGHTMARE.
IN ALL THE NOISE AND
DISTRACTIONS. A WHITE TRUCK IS
MOVING CLOSER AND CLOSER TO
THE DANCERS. IT TAKES A WHILE
TO REALIZE THE DANGER THEY ARE
ALL IN. AND I THINK THAT'S WHEN
EVERYBODY KIND OF FIGURE
SOMETHING WAS NOT RIGHT.
CHRISTIE BARNES WAS ALONG THE
PARADE ROUTE WHERE IT HAPPENED.
OH, MY GOD. HE'S OUT OF CONTROL
LIKE HE'S GOING TO RUN THESE
KIDS OVER.
IT APPEARS THE DRIVER OF THE
TRUCK IS TRYING TO WARN PEOPLE
UP AHEAD. YOU CAN HEAR A HORN
BLARING THE TRUCK A FASTER
FASTER FASTER IS STARTING TO
SEE MORE VOLUNTEERS JUMP IN AND
GRAB THEIR KIDS OUT OF THE WAY.
I MEAN, SOME OF THEM WERE LIKE
INCHES AWAY FROM BEING HIT BY
THE TRUCK. DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS
GOING TO SEVERAL PEOPLE CHASED
AFTER THE TRUCK. THEY USE THEIR
BODIES TO HELP BRING IT TO A
STOP.
>> BUT NOT BEFORE AUTHORITIES
SAY A YOUNG GIRL WAS HIT BY
THE VEHICLE AND THIS
HEARTBREAKING ANGLE. PEOPLE
SURROUND HER ON THE SIDE OF
THE STREET.
PARENTS CRYING HOLDING THEIR
KIDS. CHRISTIE BARNES OWN
DAUGHTER WAS IN THE PARADE BUT
WAS NOT NEAR THE SPOT WHERE
IT ALL HAPPENED. BUT SHE SAYS
ONE OF HER DAUGHTERS, FRIENDS
WAS AMONG THOSE DANCERS.
SHE JUST STARTED FALLING CRIME.
THIS TERRIBLE KISSED HER FRIEND
OF US GOT HIT BY THE TRUCK
HOME.
>> ADAM OWENS,
WRAL NEWS.
>> FROM WITNESS VIDEOS, YOU
CAN SEE FIRST RESPONDERS
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