A 38-year-old North Carolina man is accused of DUI and causing a four-vehicle collision that sent five people to the hospital including two children.
Harold Iparraguirre was jailed Tuesday on 20 charges following the 8:43 p.m. Nov. 6 crash in the 7200 block of eastbound Sheridan Street in Pembroke Pines.
Several witnesses called 911 to report a speeding reckless driver.
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According to the arrest report, he was driving up to 104 MPH on a 45 MPH street with two unrestrained children in a 2014 Honda Odyssey when he rear-ended a 2007 Ford Expedition that struck two other vehicles.
Iparraguirre’s two children -- ages one and four -- were not wearing seat belts and were flung from the back seat into the front. One suffered a skull fracture, brain bleeding, traumatic brain injury, and a broken leg. The other also had a broken leg, fractured skull, and cuts, the report stated.
The names of the children and the other crash victims were redacted from the report.
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Blood tests done less than an hour after the collision indicated Iparraguirre had a blood alcohol level of .316 or nearly four times Florida’s legal limit of .080, investigators said.
At Iparraguirre’s first court appearance Wednesday, Broward assistant state attorney Ross Weiner listed more than 20 prior traffic infractions including a DUI conviction in Florida in 2004.
Iparraguirre remains in the Broward County Jail on charges that include DUI causing serious injury, child abuse, child neglect, and reckless driving. His bonds total $465,000.
