Boy Dies After Falling Off Fourth of July Float [VIDEO]

My heart breaks for this family. A young boy was killed in Oklahoma yesterday during a Fourth of July parade. The 8-year-old boy was riding on a flatbed float when he either fell or jumped off of the float and was hit by the truck pulling the float. The driver of the truck was the boys father.

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