One driver was killed and another arrested after a high-speed crash involving a Lambroghini and multiple other vehicles on the 79th Street Causeway Monday night, Miami Police said.
The crash happened at around 9:20 p.m. in the 1200 block of Northeast 79th Street near the bridge close to the Pelican Harbor Marina.
According to an arrest report, the driver of a Lamborghini Urus was going westbound at a high rate of speed and tried to make an evasive maneuver to avoid rear-ending a Hyundai Elantra.
The driver lost control and hit the Elantra, causing both vehicles to rotate and slide to the top of the bridge, the report said.
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The Elantra hit the curb and ejected the driver, who hit a street light pole, the report said. The driver, whose identity wasn't released, was airlifted to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead.
A passenger who was in the Elantra was also hospitalized with minor injuries. No other injuries were reported.
The Lamborghini rolled onto its side and slid some 290 feet, hitting a Ford Escape then a Ford F-250 pickup, the report said.
The driver of the Lamborghini, identified as 24-year-old Alejandro F. Hall, of Alpharetta, Georgia, was taken into custody, the report said.
Police said Hall was detained while trying to leave the scene.
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"When we're talking to our officers, when they get on the scene, they see a group of people trying to detain this one subject. The officer runs over there and tries to grab him, and he tries to jump in the water, but the officers were able to detain him and put him in custody before he was able to jump," Miami Police spokesman Michael Vega said.
Hall was later booked into jail on charges of vehicular homicide in a reckless manner, and causing death while driving without a license or with a suspended license, the report said.
Vega said investigators believe the Lamborghini was going over 100 mph and said the force of the crash broke the Elantra's door and the driver's seatbelt.
"Due to the extensive damage of vehicles 1 and 2 and the distance both vehicles traveled post collision, the driver of vehicle #1 was traveling way over the posted 35 mph speed limit sign," the report said.
The report noted Hall had slurred speech and "an odor of alcoholic beverage emitting from his person." Two bottles of alcohol were also found inside the Lamborghini, the report said.
Police took two blood samples from Hall and DUI manslaughter charges could be added, depending on the toxicology results, the report said.
The report said Hall had a suspended Georgia driver's license related to a DUI and was only allowed to drive to and from work, school and the doctor under a DUI permit restriction in place until May 23, 2024.
"Here he comes to Miami, does the same thing that he's charged with in Georgia, and takes an innocent life," Vega said.
Vega said investigators were still trying to contact the victim's family, who are outside the U.S.
"It's just heartbreaking to have to call this family member and tell them, 'your son or your brother lost his life because somebody decided to drink and drive at a high rate of speed,' it's heartbreaking," Vega said.
