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1 Dead, Another Hospitalized After Early Morning Crash on Alton Road in Miami Beach

Police say the crash took place just after midnight when a Ford Mustang was traveling southbound on Alton Road when it crashed into another vehicle

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Police are investigating an early morning crash on Alton Road in Miami Beach that left one person dead and another hospitalized.

Miami Beach Police said the crash took place just after midnight when a Ford Mustang that was traveling southbound on Alton Road crashed into another vehicle, which later hit a parked vehicle.

Miami Beach Police spokesman Ernesto Rodriguez said the Mustang, driven by 38-year-old Brian Williams, was traveling at a high rate of speed and crashed into a tree off the roadway.

Two of the three people inside the Mustang, Sierra Cummins and Desire Walker, were rushed to Ryder Trauma Center, with Walker dying shortly after arrival. Cummins remains hospitalized after undergoing surgery.

Williams, a native of Oakland, California who had his driver's license suspended in 2013, was arrested and charged with vehicular homicide, two counts of driving with a suspended license leading to injury three counts of reckless driving.

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