Nation IN BRIEF / NEW YORK : 3 Die in 2 Separate Accidents at Parade

Three people were killed when they were hit by floats in one of the city’s largest ethnic festivals, a parade celebrating Caribbean culture. In the first incident, Joseph Donn and Zacehel David, both 11, were dancing behind a float attached to a truck that stopped suddenly. The driver of the next float couldn’t stop in time and hit the children, killing them, police said. Hours later, an 18-year-old man was killed by a float along the parade route. Police did not release details. Hundreds of thousands of people from more than a dozen island nations lined streets in Brooklyn for the annual West Indian American Carnival Parade.