“I love my Chorus family and the community and would never do anything to intentionally harm anyone. Gary Keating was treated at the scene for minor injuries, according to a statement from Fort Lauderdale police. The 77-year-old driver who accidentally slammed his truck into fellow members of a gay chorus group, killing one and injuring two others, said Monday that he was devastated by the crash at the start of a Pride parade in South Florida.įred Johnson, a member of the Fort Lauderdale Gay Men’s Chorus, a tightknit ensemble of about 25 mostly older men, suddenly accelerated forward in his pickup, killing James Fahy, 75, and injuring Jerry Vroegh, 57, who was released from the hospital Monday.