Driver of truck that hit, killed girl at Raleigh Christmas Parade released from jail, placed on house arrest

Landen Glass, 20, of Goode, Virginia, was released from jail on Thursday afternoon. Glass was sent to jail on $250,000 bond Wednesday, months after the death of 11-year-old Hailey Brooks.

Glass will be on house arrest with part of his release including the condition that he is not allowed to drive in North Carolina without a valid vehicle inspection.

"We are grateful for the circumstances taken by the court, and believe the appropriate decision was made," said Wake County District Attorney Lorrin Freeman. "We will now place this on a superior court calendar. If this is a matter that has to go to trial, then that will be at least a year or more from now."

Freeman said that, depending on Glass' record, he could be looking at up to two years of jail time.

"Landen is so sorry," Smith said. "He is so distraught for what happened. He is haunted as to what happened. He will be haunted by those events for the rest of his life."

Brooks was dancing with CC & Company Dance Complex in the parade on the morning of Nov. 19. She was struck and killed by an out-of-control pickup truck that Glass was driving. Glass claims the truck lost control of its brakes, but investigators have yet to find evidence of that.