Surveillance video from a home in Miami Gardens captured a severe multi-vehicle crash that left five people including four children dead over the weekend.
Miami-Dade Fire Rescue and police responded to the scene of the crash Saturday afternoon at Northwest 170th Street and 37th Avenue.
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WATCH HEREThe surveillance video shows a black Kia Sorento rear-ending a white Nissan Altima. From another angle, video captured that Altima crashed into a silver Cadillac Escalade.
"I hear like a boom, like a bomb," said witness Jose Nunez.
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Cellphone video from a good Samaritan showed several people trying to get the victims out of the car.
Nunez said he tried to open the Altima's car door and wished he could have done more.
Five people who were inside the Altima died in the crash. Their identities have not been released.
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"It's four lives gone and just to start to year, it's a lot of kids just starting life, and this is so sad," Nunez said.
Miami Gardens Police said that the driver of the Sorento was at fault and was driving at a high rate of speed while under the influence of alcohol.
He was identified as 25-year-old Antonio Wilcox Jr.
An off-duty Opa-locka officer witnessed the crash and detained him. Wilcox was charged with five counts of vehicular homicide, officials said.
Friends of the family told NBC6 that one of the children who died was celebrating their 10th birthday during the weekend.
Surveillance video also captured the aftermath of the crash, which showed several police cruisers and fire rescue trucks.
The crash also injured five other people who were transported to the hospital. Their conditions are unknown.
