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Miami Gardens police said Tuesday that the man accused of causing a deadly crash over the weekend that killed four people, including children, was speeding at nearly 100 mph at the point of impact.
The crash happened Saturday at NW 170 Street and 37th Avenue shortly before 6 p.m.
The driver of a Kia Sorento hit a Nissan Altima, according to Miami Gardens police. The impact sent the Nissan into a Cadillac Escalade before it crashed into a fence.
The driver of a Kia Sorento hit a Nissan Altima, according to Miami Gardens police. The impact sent the Nissan into a Cadillac Escalade before it crashed into a fence.
The driver of the Kia has been identified as 25-year-old Antonio Wilcox Jr. of Naples, Florida, police said. Wilcox is being charged with four counts of vehicular homicide.
"Mr. Wilcox was driving at approximately 99 mph, accelerating at the point of impact. The throttle was all the way down," Emmanuel Jeanty, executive officer with the Miami Gardens Police Department, said Tuesday in an update on the crash.
He said there were eight people inside the Nissan at the time of the crash—three adults and five children. They’ve been identified as a mother, her four children, their grandmother, an adult woman and a neighbor’s child.
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