Six people are dead after a 17-year-old driver who was speeding up State Road 7 just west of Delray Beach, Florida, on Thursday night slammed into a car full of people as he tried to overtake it.
Investigators with the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office believe Noah Galle of Wellington was under the influence of alcohol and or drugs. His injuries were minor, according to a preliminary crash report.
The report says Galle was driving a 2019 BMW M5, speeding in the inside lane of northbound State Road 7 when he ran into the rear of a northbound 2018 Nissan Rouge driven in the inside lane by an unidentified woman.
The impact caused the Nissan to rotate clockwise off the road and into the center median where it flipped and and rolled over, landing upside down.
The BMW also rotated clockwise onto the eastern shoulder of southbound State Road 7.
Five people in the Nissan were pronounced dead at the scene. A sixth person was pronounced dead Delray Medical Center. None of their identities were available Friday morning.
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