MIAMI — The motorist who killed five young people in a wrong-way crash on the Palmetto Expressway was driving 80 miles an hour, and was drunk by nearly double the legal limit shortly after the wreck, authorities revealed in court Tuesday.
Prosecutors now plan to file DUI manslaughter charges again Maiky Simeon, who appeared in a wheelchair in court Tuesday and was ordered held without bond. A crowd of family and supporters of the victims erupted into cheers and applause when Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Diana Vizcaino announced her decision to keep him jailed before trial.
Vizcaino said Simeon had shown a “disregard for the safety of the community.”
