Funeral procession for Pulse victim interrupted by crash. Family & friends were headed to burial. @news965wdbo
Two Florida motorcycle deputies were injured in a crash while escorting a funeral procession Saturday for one of the victims in the Orlando massacre.
The Osceola County sheriff's deputies were headed from a church to the burial site when a driver hit the two deputies, officials told BuzzFeed News.
According to a crash report from the Florida Highway Patrol, which is investigating the crash, the procession was passing through when a woman at an intersection told officers she thought someone had waived her through.
The woman hit one of the deputies head-on, according to the report, the other deputy then hit the back of her vehicle.
Closer look @ the crash. Impatient driver plows through funeral procession, hitting 2 deputies on motorcycles.
The woman was ticketed for failure to yield, the Florida Highway Patrol said.
Osceola County sheriff's officials told BuzzFeed News both deputies were taken to a nearby hospital to be treated. One of the deputies was reportedly in critical condition. The other was in stable condition.