Endymion rider falls/dies

http://www.nola.com/news/index.ssf/2008/02/endymion_rider_dies_after_fall.html

"A float rider in the Krewe of Endymion parade died Saturday night after falling from a
double-decker float as the parade disbanded"

From a poster on NOLA:

"ok, i'm a rider in endymion, and this is what we were told happened. the float came to a stop and some people started to get off because they thought the float was stopped for good. this person was not the first to get off, but as he was getting off the float, the float began to move again and he did not make it onto the ground in time, and he fell to the ground. unfortunately the float rolled over him and a few minutes later he passed."