Source: CBS News Miami
A woman and four children are dead, and a person is in custody following a multi-vehicle crash in Miami Gardens on Saturday evening, officials said.
Miami-Dade Fire Rescue told CBS News Miami that they responded to a “mass casualty incident” in the area of NW 170th St. 37th Ave. Miami Gardens Police Executive Officer Emmanuel Jeanty told reporters the call came in around 5:57 p.m.
Officials said they came across a crash between a white Nissan Altima, a black Kia Sorento and a silver Cadillac Escalade involving multiple people, including three who were trapped inside one of the cars and had to be cut out from inside. MDFR said nine people in total were taken to local hospitals.
Jeanty told reporters that a woman and four children died after. The conditions of the other people who remain in the hospital were not revealed at this time.
According to the preliminary investigation, the Kia hit the Nissan, pushing it into the Escalade before crashing into a fence.
The woman and children were inside the Nissan, and the Kia driver — later identified as 25-year-old Antonio Wilcox — was at fault and stayed on the scene until police detained him, Jeanty said.
At this time, Wilcox is facing five counts of vehicular homicide and Miami Gardens Police’s Traffic Homicide detectives will continue investigating the circumstances surrounding the crash throughout the night. Jeanty said that speed and alcohol were factors in the crash; however, Miami Gardens Police told CBS News Miami that additional charges are expected as they await Wilcox’s toxicology report.
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